Orman

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    Some may find comfort in reflecting that the distinction between an eliminative and an explicative physicalism is unreal.
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    [T]here is no breaking out of the intentional vocabulary by explaining its members in other terms.
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them and to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race.
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)