1. United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001); [syn: Quine, W. V. Quine, Willard Van Orman Quine]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Willard Van Orman Quine
n 1: United States philosopher and logician who championed an
empirical view of knowledge that depended on language
(1908-2001) [syn: Quine, W. V. Quine, Willard Van
Orman Quine]