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Willard Van Orman Quine is born
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1. Word and Object
Knowledge itself is strange in the sense that anything that can be experienced falls under its category; I believe this is why Quine said that knowledge is vague. If any piece of information that we can experience can be considered knowledge then its reasonable that many philosophers ask, “what can we really know and, what are the conditions of knowledge?” -
2. Word and Object
When they ask these questions I believe they are trying to figure out what knowledge should constitute so that it can be used strictly to a gain truth about our universe. Not only that but they are also trying to understand if the knowledge that science reveals could ever be true since it’s always up to question. If science attempts to reveal truth shouldn’t it be considered a true knowledge since it is information being pieced together systematically? -
3. Word and Object
Quine describes our universe in a naturalistic sense and so the force that give rise to everything around us is attempted to be identified and described by science. This is why Quine describes scientists as being careful and focused on truth in an objective manner in order to expand our knowledge to reach truth. It is in this way that philosophers are limited to expand new and truer ideas because of their reliance on scientists to reveal new knowledge about our universe. -
4. Word and Object
However, even though scientists attempt to unveil the truth about our universe is it our best method of doing so? -
Ontological Relativity
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Major Work of Willard Van Orman Quine
Van Orman Quine, Willard. The Roots of Reference. 1974. -
Major Work of Willard Van Orman Quine
Van Orman Quine, Willard. Theories and Things. 1981. -
Willard Van Orman Quine died