MSAm2587 Quine,W.V.WillardVanOrman).W. V.Quinepapers,circa1908-2000:Guide. HoughtonLibrary,HarvardCollegeLibrary HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts02138USA ©2008ThePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege CatalogingpartiallyfundedbytheFrancisP.ScullyandRobertG.ScullyClassof1951Fund. Lastupdateon2015May11 DescriptiveSummary Repository:HoughtonLibrary,HarvardCollegeLibrary,HarvardUniversity Note:ThemajorityofthiscollectionisshelvedoffsiteattheHarvardDepository.Seeaccess restrictionsbelowforadditionalinformation. Location:HarvardDepository,pf,Vault CallNo.:MSAm2587 Creator:Quine,W.V.WillardVanOrman). Title:W.V.Quinepapers, Dates):circa1908-2000. Quantity:56linearfeet124boxes[117boxesHD),6boxesVault),1boxpf)]) Languageofmaterials:Collectionmaterialsarein English,German,French,Portuguese,Spanish,Japanese,andItalian. Abstract:PapersofWillardVanOrmanQuine1908-2000),mathematicianand philosopher,whowastheEdgarPierceProfessorofPhilosophyatHarvardUniversityfrom 1956untilhisretirementin1978. ProcessingInformation: Processedby:BonnieB.SaltandPeterK.Steinberg Quine'spapersarrivedattherepositoryinexcellentorderand,forthemostpart,hisoriginalseries andfoldertitleshavebeenretained. AcquisitionInformation: 91M-68,91M-69,91M-70,94M-35.GiftofW.V.WillardVanOrman)Quine;received:1991 November25andDecember;1992January;and1994November2. ... Page2 93M-157.TransferredfromtheHarvardUniversityArchives;originallygifttoHUAfromW.V. WillardVanOrman)Quine;receivedinHoughton:1993December14. 2001M-7,2002M-5.GiftoftheQuinefamilyviaDouglasB.Quine,59TaylorRoad,Bethel, Connecticut06801);received:2001July23;and2002August6andDecember24. 2005M-43.Item674)giftofRuthBarcanMarcus,DepartmentofPhilosophy,YaleUniversity,P.O. Box208306,NewHaven,Connecticut06520-8306;received:2006March9. 2012M-100.GiftoftheQuinefamilyviaDouglasB.Quine,59TaylorRoad,Bethel,Connecticut 06801);received:2001July23.TheseitemswereuncoveredinJanuaryof2013,duringthefullcataloging oftheQuinebooksdonatedtotheHoughtonlibrary. AccessRestrictions: AportionofthiscollectionisnothousedattheHoughtonLibrarybutisshelvedoffsiteattheHarvard Depository.Retrievalrequiresadvancenotice.ReadersshouldcheckwithHoughtonPublicServicesstaff todeterminewhatmaterialisoffsiteandretrievalpoliciesandtimes. Therearealsoanumberofpermanentrestrictionsthatapplytoportionsofthesepapersasfollows: • Theentire"Recommendationsseries"isrestrictedfor80yearsuntiltheyear2068). • Harvardstudentfilesarerestrictedfor80yearsfromdateofcreation. • SomeHarvardUniversitydepartmentalfilesarerestrictedandfallundertheHarvard Universityrecords50-yearrestrictionrule. • Someoutsideagencyfilesarerestrictedduetoprivacyconcerns,andarerestrictedfor50years fromdateofcreation. • Originalaudiomaterialsandcomputerfloppydisksarerestricteduntila"readercopy"is producedforgeneraluse. PreferredCitationforPublication: W.V.QuinePapers,circa1908-2000MSAm2587).HoughtonLibrary,HarvardUniversity. HistoricalNote W.V.WillardVanOrman)Quine1908-2000)wasanAmericanmathematician, logician,andphilosopher,widelyconsideredoneofthedominantfiguresinAnglo-American philosophyinthelasthalfofthe20thcentury. QuinewasborninAkron,OhioonJune25,1908andattendedOberlinCollegewhere hereceivedtheB.A.inmathematicsin1930.HecametoHarvardUniversityasagraduate studentin1930andremainedaffiliatedwithHarvardfortherestofhislife.Hecompleted hisPh.D.underAlfredNorthWhiteheadin1932andspent1932-1933inEuropeasa SheldonFellow.In1933hewaselectedtothefirstgroupofJuniorFellowsoftheHarvard SocietyofFellows,wasaninstructorinphilosophyfrom1936to1941,associateprofessor from1941-1948,andprofessorbeginningin1948.In1956hebecametheEdgarPierce ProfessorofPhilosophyatHarvard,apositionhehelduntilhisretirementin1978.He marriedhisfirstwifein1930,NaomiClaytonQuine,laterdivorced,andin1948married MarjorieBoyntonQuine,whodiedin1998.QuinediedonDecember25,2000andwas survivedbyfourchildren:ElizabethQuineRoberts,NormaQuine,DouglasQuine,and MargaretQuineMcGovern. Quine'searlyresearchandwritingmainlyconcernedlogic;hiseffortstosimplifyBertrand Russell'stheoryoftypesprobablyledtohismostimportantcontributiontomathematical logicandculminatedinhis1940bookMathematicallogic.DuringWorldWarII,Quine ... Page3 workedinaU.S.Navyunitthatdecoded,translated,andanalyzedcodedmessagesfromthe Germansubmarinefleet.Afterthewar,hereturnedtoteachingtheHarvardintroductory logiccoursePhilosophy140.Thiseventuallyledtohiswritingofthe1950classictextbook, Methodsoflogic. Hismajorcontributiontothephilosophicalworldbeginswith"hiscriticismofthe distinctionbetweenanalyticandsynthetictruths"inhis1951Twodogmasofempiricism. Thisearlyworkwassummarizedinhis1953collectionFromalogicalpointofview.Quine's thoughtthroughoutthe1950s"workedtowardamoresystematicview,"bestpresentedin his1960Wordandobject,dealingwiththe"meaning,knowledgeofmeaning,andreference fromanaturalisticpointofview...atreatiseonthephilosophyoflanguage,epistemology, metaphysics,andthephilosophyofscience..." Quineproducedmuchworkthroughoutthe1960sthroughthe1980sandevenintothe 1990swhenhewasinhisninetiethyear.Someofhismoreimportanttitleswere:Ontological relativityandotheressays1969),Therootsofreference1974),Theoriesandthings1981), Pursuitoftruth1990),andStimulustoscience1995). HewasbrieflythechairmanofhisdepartmentatHarvard,presidentoftheEastern DivisionoftheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociationin1957,andpresidentofthe AssociationforSymbolicLogicfrom1953-1955.HewasaSeniorFellowoftheHarvard SocietyofFellowsfrom1948-1978,receivedseventeenhonorarydegrees,theRolfSchock PrizeinLogicandPhilosophyin1993,andtheKyotoPrizein1996. Source:WillardvanOrmanQuine.HarvardUniversityFacultyofArtsandScience MemorialMinute,2002. Arrangement Organizedintothefollowingseries: • I.GeneralcorrespondencewithQuine • II.OthercorrespondencewithQuine • A.Correspondenceconcerningrequestsforpermissiontopublishorforcopies • B.Invitationstolecture,declined • C.Invitationstorefereeorserveonboard,declined • D.Invitationstowrite,declined • E.CrankletterssenttoQuine • F.EditorialcorrespondencewithpublishersandeditorsregardingQuinepublications • G.Recommendations[Restricteduntil2068] • III.Compositionsbyothers • IV.CompositionsbyQuine • A.Articlesandothershorttexts • B.Booksandotherlongtexts • C.Occasionallectures • D.Harvardlecturesandotherteachingmaterials • E.Abortivewritingsandmiscellaneousnotes • F.Computerfloppydisks • G.UnidentifiedcompositionsbyQuine • V.Quinestudentpapers • A.OberlinCollege • B.HarvardUniversity • C.Miscellaneousearlypapers • VI.Biographicalmaterials • VII.Cardfiles ... Page4 • A.3x5inchcardfiles • 1.HarvardUniversitylectures • 2.Othernotecards • B.4x6inchcardfilesfiles • 1.HarvardUniversitylectures • 2.Othernotecards • VIII.Papersfoundwithbooks • IX.Framedmap ScopeandContent Papersinclude:professionalcorrespondenceandtopicalfiles;crankletters;requestsfor permissiontopublishQuinewritings;declinedinvitationssenttoQuinetolecture,referee, serveonaboard,andwrite;editorialcorrespondencebetweenQuineandpublishers; Quine'snotesandcompositionsforlectures,books,articles,teachingandworkfromhisown studentyears;collectedcompositionswrittenbyothers,mostwithannotationsbyQuine; biographicalmiscellany;cardfiles;andephemera,clippings,andphotographs. Alsoincludesrestrictedfilesincluding:Quine'srecommendationswrittenforothers alongwithresumesandcorrespondence;filesaboutstudents;correspondenceconcerning therecommendingandselectionofcandidatesforteachingpositions,awards,etc...;and someHarvardUniversitydepartmentalfiles. SeriesI,thelarge,generalcorrespondenceseries,includesmanyprominent correspondentsintheworldof20th-centuryphilosophy,andmuchconversationabout departmentsatHarvardUniversityandvariousphilosophicalsocietiesandjournals.Also, mixedwithinthisseries,aretopicalfoldersincludinglettersandinformationaboutthemain entry.ItshouldbenotedthatQuine'scorrespondenceoftencontainedphilosophicalproofs, logicalandmathematicalsymbols,andotherphilosophicalexpressionsthatappearmore likeworkingpapersforhiswritingsthansimpleletters.Manyofthenamesfeaturedinthis correspondenceseries,alsohaveentriesinSeriesIII,Compositonsbyothers. AfewofthecorrespondentsincludedinseriesIare:AmericanAcademyofArtsand Sciences,AmericanPhilosophicalAssociation,AssociationforSymbolicLogic,A.J.Alfred Jules)Ayer,RudolfCarnap,NoamChomsky,AlonzoChurch,DonaldDavidson,Burton Dreben,HerbertFeigl,DagfinnFøllesdal,PhilippFrank,P.T.PeterThomas)Geach, RogerF.Gibson,NelsonGoodman,CarlGustavHempel,SaulA.Kripke,ErnestLePore, BryanMagee,RuthBarcanMarcus,CharlesW.CharlesWilliam)Morris,ErnestNagel, JeanPiaget,CharlesParsons,MichaelPolanyi,SirKarlRaimondPopper,HilaryPutnam, JohnRawls,RichardRorty,BertrandRussell,GilbertRyle,B.F.BurrhusFrederic) Skinner,J.J.C.JohnJamiesonCarswell)Smart,P.F.Strawson,AlfredTarski,JeanVan Heijenoort,HaoWang,AlfredNorthWhitehead,J.O.JohnOulton)Wisdom,andmany, manyothers. Quine'scompositionsinclude:hisownearlycourseworkandnotesonclassestaken atOberlinCollegeandatHarvardUniversity;notesfromlateryears;teachingmaterials, especiallylecturesmaterialsforcoursesatHarvard;lecturematerialsforoccasionallectures; andappointmentcalendars,clippingsonhislife,andafewotherpersonalorfamilyrelated items.Thereisverylittlepersonalcorrespondence,photographsorpapers,asthesewere retainedbytheQuinefamily. Thefinalseriesincludes:papersprimarilyconcerningorrelatedtoQuine'striptoJapan inDecember1996toreceivetheKyotoPrizeforlifetimeachievementincreativeartsand moralsciences.Alsoincludedare:aprintedbookofpoemskeptandannotatedbyQuine from1913-1922andotherpersonalitems. ... Page5 Bibliography ForadditionalinformationconcerningQuinesee: • Quine,W.V.WillardVanOrman).Thetimeofmylife:anautobiography.Cambridge: