Word and Object
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 ofMathematical Logic, The Roots of Reference, The Time of My Life: An Autobiography(MIT Press), and many other books.Patricia Smith Churchland is UC President's Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute.Dagfinn Follesdal is C. I. Lewis Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stanford University.