The appellation "polymath" is often lightly bestowed, but it can be
applied with confidence to the celebrated philosopher Willard Van
Orman Quine. Quine's areas of interest are panoramic, as this
lively book amply demonstrates. Moving from A (alphabet) to Z
(zero), Quiddities roams through more than eighty topics, each
providing a full measure of piquant thought, wordplay, and wisdom,
couched in easy and elegant prose-"Quine at his unbuttoned best,"
in Donald Davidson's words. Philosophy, language, and mathematics
are the subjects most fully represented; tides of entries include
belief, communication, free will, idiotisms, longitude and
latitude, marks, prizes, Latin pronunciation, tolerance, trinity.
Even the more technical entries are larded with homely lore,
anecdote, and whimsical humor. Quiddities will be a treat for
admirers of Quine and for others who like to think, who care about
language, and who enjoy the free play of intellect on topics large
and small. For this select audience, it is an ideal book for
browsing.
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