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Genre/Form: | Harvard graduates' papers Letters of recommendation |
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Named Person: | W V Quine; W V Quine |
Material Type: | Manuscript |
Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
W V Quine; Jean Van Heijenoort; J J C Smart; Michael Polanyi; Charles Parsons; Ernest Nagel; Ernest LePore; Saul A Kripke; Carl G Hempel; P T Geach; Alonzo Church; A J Ayer; Rudolf Carnap; Noam Chomsky; Donald Davidson; Burton Dreben; Herbert Feigl; Dagfinn Føllesdal; Philipp Frank; Roger F Gibson; Nelson Goodman; Bryan Magee; Ruth Barcan Marcus; Charles W Morris; Jean Piaget; Karl R Popper; Hilary Putnam; John Rawls; Richard Rorty; Bertrand Russell; Gilbert Ryle; B F Skinner; P F Strawson; Alfred Tarski; Hao Wang; Alfred North Whitehead; J O Wisdom; Association for Symbolic Logic, |
OCLC Number: | 612734788 |
Language Note: | Materials are in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. |
Description: | 121 boxes [115 boxes (HD), 6 boxes (Vault)] (56 linear ft.) |
Abstract:
Also includes restricted files including: Quine's recommendations written for others along with resumes and correspondence; files about students; correspondence concerning the recommending and selection of candidates for teaching positions, awards, etc ... ; and some Harvard University departmental files.
Series I, the large, general correspondence series, includes many prominent correspondents in the world of 20th-century philosophy, and much conversation about departments at Harvard University and various philosophical societies and journals. Also, mixed within this series, are topical folders including letters and information about the main entry. It should be noted that Quine's correspondence often contained philosophical proofs, logical and mathematical symbols, and other philosophical expressions that appear more like working papers for his writings than simple letters. Many of the names featured in this correspondence series, also have entries in Series III, Compositons by others.
A few of the correspondents included in series I are: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Association, Association for Symbolic Logic, A.J. (Alfred Jules) Ayer, Rudolf Carnap, Noam Chomsky, Alonzo Church, Donald Davidson, Burton Dreben, Herbert Feigl, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Philipp Frank, P.T. (Peter Thomas) Geach, Roger F. Gibson, Nelson Goodman, Carl Gustav Hempel, Saul A. Kripke, Ernest LePore, Bryan Magee, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Charles W. (Charles William) Morris, Ernest Nagel, Jean Piaget, Charles Parsons, Michael Polanyi, Sir Karl Raimond Popper, Hilary Putnam, John Rawls, Richard Rorty, Bertrand Russell, Gilbert Ryle, B.F. (Burrhus Frederic) Skinner, J.J.C. (John Jamieson Carswell) Smart, P.F. Strawson, Alfred Tarski, Jean Van Heijenoort, Hao Wang, Alfred North Whitehead, J.O. (John Oulton) Wisdom, and many, many others.
Quine's compositions include: his own early course work and notes on classes taken at Oberlin College and at Harvard University; notes from later years; teaching materials, especially lectures materials for courses at Harvard; lecture materials for occasional lectures; and appointment calendars, clippings on his life, and a few other personal or family related items. There is very little personal correspondence, photographs or papers, as these were retained by the Quine family.
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- Quine, W. V. -- (Willard Van Orman)
- Harvard University -- Faculty.
- Harvard University. -- Department of Philosophy.
- Harvard University.
- Language and languages.
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
- Metaphysics.
- Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
- Philosophers -- United States.
- Philosophers.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty.
- United States.