A computer program whose output is its own source code is called a "quine" after Quine. This usage was introduced by Douglas Hofstadter in his 1979 book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

Apr 9, 2010 · Quine is often said to put forward an “indispensability argument” (sometimes known as “the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument”) for the existence of mathematical entities.

Home page for Willard Van Orman Quine, mathematician and philosopher including list of books, articles, essays, students, and travels. Includes links to other Willard Van Orman Quine Internet …

Willard Van Orman Quine, American logician and philosopher, widely considered one of the dominant figures in Anglo-American philosophy in the last half of the 20th century.

And thus Quine writes: “The problem of analyticity confronts us anew” (Quine, 1980: 22). To tackle the notion of analyticity, Quine makes a distinction between two kinds of analytic claims, those …

Quine (Willard van Orman) in American English (kwaɪn ) 1908-2000; U.S. logician & philosopher

Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000), usually cited as W.V. Quine or W.V.O. Quine but known to his friends as Van, was one of the most influential American logicians and …