Question

This thinker addressed the problem of empty names by asking “What is there?” and replying “Everything.” This thinker (10[1])claimed that “to be is to be the value of a bound variable.” (-5[1])Otto Neurath (10[1])(“NOY-rot”) inspired the title of this thinker’s book Web of Belief, (10[1])as well as this thinker’s (10[2])use (10[1])of a metaphor for improving conceptual schemes like a sailor fixing a boat. This thinker proposed an experiment about (-5[1])a person who sees a rabbit and says (10[2])“gavagai” (10[9]-5[1])to illustrate the “inscrutability of reference” and the “indeterminacy (-5[1])of translation.” (10[2])A paper by this author that attacks the analytic/synthetic distinction (10[3])opens with the statements “No unmarried man is married” and “No bachelor (10[1])is married.” For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote Word and Object and “Two Dogmas (10[1])of Empiricism.” (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[12])

ANSWER: W. V. O. Quine [or Willard van Orman Quine]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)GWU A (UG)1710
William DawsonUBC ASorbonne30-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicAlabama3210
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia A4210
Giovanni Mazzeo (DII)Virginia A (UG)Virginia C (UG)4710
Jack LewisMTSUTennessee4710
Bianca Van ZileBinghamtonCornell B4810
Joel MilesMinnesota BMinnesota C67-5
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley C7510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt ASouth Carolina7510
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford C7610
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford B7610
Raymond WangCornell ARIT A7610
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Liberty B (DII)7610
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Virginia B (UG)76-5
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)UNC D (DII)7610
Jaik HavlickArizona StateIowa State7610
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan COhio State A7610
Andrew HannaPennVassar7610
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsHaverford7610
Halle FriedmanNYU AColumbia B85-5
Ryan HumphreyTexas AIowa B8710
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech AHarding8710
Kevin Liu (DII)Maryland C (DII)Duke A (UG)9710
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia CNYU B9710
Corey SmithKentuckyVanderbilt B9710
Roan DowlingIowa AUW A10910
Kevin ParkClaremont ATexas A&M B12510
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell C12710
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)JMU A (UG)1280
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)GWU B (Grad)1280
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)UNC C (UG)1280
Alex Emmert (UG)Maryland B (UG)William & Mary A (UG)1280
Aiden Wegener (DII)GWU B (Grad)Roanoke College A (DII)1280
Mason Mabry (DII)Virginia B (UG)Liberty A (Grad)1280
Keegan WulfMinnesota CMinnesota B1280
Seth WebbTexas A&M AMichigan State A1280
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateRice A1280
Anton AkroushMichigan State ATexas A&M A1280
Cormac BeirneSorbonneUBC A12810
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State BMichigan B1280
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BOhio State B1280
John John Groger (UG)Columbia BNYU A12810