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Two Dogmas of Empiricism (1951)
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Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space.
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The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Willard van Orman Quine
Born:
June 25, 1908
Died:
December 25, 2000
(aged 92)
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