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Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes - Page 3

Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space.

Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space.

Willard Van Orman Quine, Roger F. Gibson (2004). “Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine”, p.39, Harvard University Press

The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention.

Willard Van Orman Quine (1976). “The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays”, p.132, Harvard University Press

The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples.

Willard Van Orman Quine, Patricia S. Churchland, Dagfinn Føllesdal (2013). “Word and Object”, p.3, MIT Press

Set theory in sheep's clothing.

Willard Van Orman Quine (1986). “Philosophy of Logic”, p.10, Harvard University Press