Title: Word and Object
Publisher: Technology Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 1960
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0262170019
ISBN 13: 9780262170017
Binding: hardcover
Condition: New

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This book consists of seven chapters; "Language and Truth", "Translation and Meaning", "The Ontogenesis of Reference", Vagaries of Reference", "Regimentation", "Flight from Intension" and "Ontic Decision", Bibliographical References and an Index.

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Willard Van Orman Quine (1908--2000) held the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1956 to 2000. Considered one the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, he is the author of Mathematical Logic, The Roots of Reference, The Time of My Life: An Autobiography (MIT Press), and many other books.

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