3 Willard van Orman Quine Quotes on Philosophy

Willard van Orman Quine quotes on philosophy

1. Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato's beard; historically it has proved tough, frequently dulling the edge of Occam's razor.

2. To be is to be the value of a bound variable.

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4. Wyman's overpopulated universe is in many ways unlovely. It offends the aesthetic sense of us who have a taste for desert landscapes.