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A book by this thinker that proposes “eternal sentences” was referenced by the title of a “metaphysical study” by Roderick Chisholm. In a paper discussing ontological commitments, this philosopher dismissed the interlocutors McX and Wyman’s positions on the existence of Pegasus. This “reluctant Platonist” used a criterion he outlined in “On What There Is” to argue, along with Hilary Putnam, (10[1])for the existence of mathematical objects by appealing to their indispensability. (-5[1])Daniel Dennett used this thinker’s name as a verb (-5[1])in the title of a paper arguing against qualia. (10[1])A paper by this author of Word and Object considers two versions of the phrase (10[1])“No bachelor is married” to argue against the analytic–synthetic distinction. For 10 points, name this American philosopher of (-5[1])“Two Dogmas of Empiricism.” (10[1])■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: W. V. O. Quine [or Willard Van Orman Quine; accept “Quining Qualia”]
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