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...DIED. WILLARD VAN ORMAN QUINE, 92, rumpled yet rigorous Harvard philosopher who developed a system of truth and knowledge, in the tradition of Berkeley and Hume, based on radical empiricism: that everything we can know about the world derives only from our sensory perceptions and that anything else we might think exists--ranging from physical objects to metaphysical beliefs--is merely a mental construct that may help predict our perceptions but cannot be known as objectively true; in Boston. His seminal 1951 essay "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" and 1960 book Word and Object built upon the works of such logical...
...Willard van Orman Quine, a Harvard professor who was one of the foremost philosophers of the 20th century, died on Dec. 25 at age 92. He lived in Boston...
...DIED. WILLARD NIXON, 72, 1950s Boston Red Sox pitcher who never won more than 12 games in a season but who routinely trounced the indomitable Yankees; after a battle with Alzheimer's; in Rome, Ga. "I have no earthly way of explaining my mastery over them," Nixon said...
...thought of a morning about 25 years ago in a corridor of Washington's Willard Hotel. I had an appointment to interview Jackson in his hotel room at eleven. As I walked down the hotel corridor, I saw Jackson walking in front of me, and I called out, "Reverend Jackson...
...Pitino, taking a break from his current position as Most Hated Man in Boston Sports, took in the game at Lavietes Pavilion decked out in a thousand-dollar suit and shoes to match. On hand as a friend and the former boss of Willard, Pitino may have refrained from giving advice out loud, but by merely sitting there may have boosted the confidence of the Crusader players...