Quine, Willard Van Orman

Willard Van Orman Quine was an influential American philosopher and logician known for his views on language, knowledge, and scientific theories. He challenged traditional boundaries between philosophy and science, arguing that our understanding of the world is deeply interconnected with language. Quine famously rejected the idea that there are clear distinctions between analytic truths (statements true by definition) and synthetic truths (statements true by how the world is), suggesting instead that all knowledge is part of a complex web. His work has significantly influenced debates in epistemology, philosophy of language, and logic.