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Category Archive: Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “To be is to be the…”

To be is to be the value of a variable.

July 8, 2021 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “One man’s observation is another man’s…”

One man’s observation is another man’s closed book or flight of fancy.

March 16, 2021 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “It is one of the consolations…”

It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it.

October 28, 2020 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “Physics investigates the essential nature of…”

Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump.

August 31, 2020 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “Meaning is what essence becomes when…”

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

August 24, 2020 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “‘Ouch’ is not independent of social…”

‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.

August 28, 2019 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “Uncritical semantics is the myth of…”

Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.

July 16, 2019 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “Confusion of sign and object is…”

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

May 19, 2019 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “Language is conceived in sin and…”

Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.

May 3, 2019 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine Quote: “We do not learn first what…”

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

April 1, 2019 1908, American, June 25, Quotes by Philosophers, Willard Van Orman Quine

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