This man noted that it is impossible to test any scientific hypothesis in isolation in a thesis inspired by Paul Duhem, an idea linked to his "web of belief".
This man noted that it is impossible to test any scientific hypothesis in isolation in a thesis inspired by Paul Duhem, an idea linked to his "web of belief". This philosopher illustrated the indeterminacy of translation by noting that one could interpret "gavagai" in many ways. This man claimed traditional ways of studying knowledge have failed and should be replaced with scientific naturalism. This author of Epistemology Naturalized contrasted the terms (*) "unmarried man" and "bachelor" in a paper that refuted logical positivist semantic reductionism and the analytic-synthetic distinction. For 10 points, name this American philosopher and mathematician who wrote Word and Object and "Two Dogmas of Empiricism".
This man noted that it is impossible to test any scientific hypothesis in isolation in a thesis inspired by Paul Duhem, an idea linked to his "web of belief".
Willard Van Orman Quine [as always, do not accept \"William Van Orman Quince\"]