United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001)
A program that produces its own source code as output.
To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important.
A surname, from Manx.
The word "quine" comes from the name of American logician Willard Van Orman Quine. It was coined by computer scientist Douglas Hofstadter to describe a program or text that contains and executes its own source code.