Ontology recapitulates methodology; the nature of being foll... - Willard Van Orman Quine

"Ontology recapitulates methodology; the nature of being follows from our methods of inquiry."

Willard Van Orman Quine Philosophy

Philosopher Logician American 1908–2000

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