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Quine

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Quine  (kwn), Willard van Orman 1908-2000.
American analytic philosopher and logician whose major writings, including Word and Object (1960), concern issues of language and meaning.
quine [kwəɪn]
n
Scot a variant of quean [2]
Quine [kwaɪn]
n
(Biographies / Quine, Willard van Orman (1908 M, US, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Willard van Orman. born 1908, US philosopher. His works include
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Noun1.Quine - United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)Quine - United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)
W. V. Quine, Willard Van Orman Quine
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