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Willard VanOrman Quine has probably been the most influential th
American philosopher of the 20 century. His work spans over seven
decades, and covers many domains in philosophy. He has made major
contributions to the fields of logic and set theory, philosophy of
logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of
science, epistemology and metaphysics. Quine's first work in
philosophy was in the field of logic. His major contributions are
the two set-theoretic systems NF (1936) and ML (1940). 1 These
systems were alternatives to the type theory of Principia
Mathematica or Zermelo's set theory, and are still being studied by
2 mathematicians. An indirect contribution to the field of logic is
his strong resistance to moda110gic. Quine's objectIons to the
notions of necessity and analyticity have influenced the
development of moda110gic? Quine has had an enormous influence on
philosophy of mathematics. When Quine entered philosophy there was
a discussion on the foundations of mathematics between the schools
of intuitionism, formalism, and conventionalism. Quine soon took
issue with Carnap's conventionalism in "Truth by convention, 4
(1936). Quine has never joined one of the other schools, but has
added new elements that are the basic ones of the 5 contemporary
schools of nominalism, platonism, and structuralism. Quine has long
been in the shadow of Benacerraf and Putnam in this field. At the
moment there seems to be a renewed interest in Quine's work, and
most philosophers explicitly refer to Quine's work.
Willard VanOrman Quine has probably been the most influential th
American philosopher of the 20 century. His work spans over seven
decades, and covers many domains in philosophy. He has made major
contributions to the fields of logic and set theory, philosophy of
logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of
science, epistemology and metaphysics. Quine's first work in
philosophy was in the field of logic. His major contributions are
the two set-theoretic systems NF (1936) and ML (1940). 1 These
systems were alternatives to the type theory of Principia
Mathematica or Zermelo's set theory, and are still being studied by
2 mathematicians. An indirect contribution to the field of logic is
his strong resistance to moda110gic. Quine's objectIons to the
notions of necessity and analyticity have influenced the
development of moda110gic? Quine has had an enormous influence on
philosophy of mathematics. When Quine entered philosophy there was
a discussion on the foundations of mathematics between the schools
of intuitionism, formalism, and conventionalism. Quine soon took
issue with Carnap's conventionalism in "Truth by convention, 4
(1936). Quine has never joined one of the other schools, but has
added new elements that are the basic ones of the 5 contemporary
schools of nominalism, platonism, and structuralism. Quine has long
been in the shadow of Benacerraf and Putnam in this field. At the
moment there seems to be a renewed interest in Quine's work, and
most philosophers explicitly refer to Quine's work.
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