Willard Van Orman Quine's Quotes
Born: 1908-06-25
Profession: Philosopher
Nation: American
Biography of Willard Van Orman Quine
Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump.
Tags: Human, Nature, PhysicsUncritical 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.
Tags: Change, Myth, WordsIt 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.
Tags: Benefit, Concept, PhilosophyMeaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.
Tags: Meaning, Object, Word'Ouch' is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.
Tags: Social, Training, WordThe familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples.
Tags: Material, May, Real