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Quiz: Willard Van Orman Quine

  1. When was Willard Van Orman Quine born?

    • 1908, Akron, Ohio, United States.
    • 1921, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
    • 1929, Düsseldorf, Germany.
    • 1905, Paris, France.
    Answer

    1908, Akron, Ohio, United States. — Born: 1908, Akron, Ohio, United States..

  2. When did Willard Van Orman Quine die?

    • 2000, Boston, United States.
    • 2002, Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • 23 March 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
    • 1951, Cambridge, England.
    Answer

    2000, Boston, United States. — Died: 2000, Boston, United States..

  3. What is Willard Van Orman Quine known for?

    • Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Word and Object, and the indeterminacy of translation.
    • The Origins of Totalitarianism, Eichmann in Jerusalem, and the phrase the banality of evil.
    • The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, and the Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
    • Universal grammar, the poverty of the stimulus argument, and the manufacturing consent critique of media.
    Answer

    Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Word and Object, and the indeterminacy of translation. — Known for: Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Word and Object, and the indeterminacy of translation..

  4. Which school of thought was Willard Van Orman Quine part of?

    • Analytic philosophy; naturalism.
    • Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source.
    • Analytic philosophy, in two acts.
    • Liberal political philosophy.
    Answer

    Analytic philosophy; naturalism. — School: Analytic philosophy; naturalism..

  5. True or false: American logician who dominated analytic philosophy after the war.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — From the entry's summary.