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June 25, 1908 december 25, 2000 was an american philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. From 1930 until his death 70 years later, quine was affiliated in some way with harvard university, first as a student, then as a professor of philosophy and a teacher of mathematics, and. The significance of the new logic willard van orman quine. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search.
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