Complex sentence: As a formal doctrine, it is most strongly associated with Charles Sanders Pierce, who used it in his attack on foundationalism, although it was also employed by Willard Van Orman Quine to attack the possibility of analytic statements.
Split into simpler sentences: As a formal doctrine, it is most strongly associated with Charles Sanders Peirce, who used it in his attack on foundationalism. In recent times, the concept has also been employed by Willard Van Orman Quine to attack the possibility of analytic statements.