W.V.O. Quine Quotes

A collection of quotes by W.V.O. Quine.

W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000) was an influential American philosopher and logician. He made significant contributions to the fields of ontology, epistemology, and philosophy of language. Quine's most well-known work was his ontological commitment through his famous thesis that states, "to be is to be the value of a variable." He challenged traditional philosophical doctrines, advocating for a naturalistic perspective and rejecting the analytic-synthetic distinction. Quine's ideas had a profound impact on logic, philosophy, and cognitive science, making him one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century.