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Word and Object
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<p><i>Word and Object</i> is a 1960 work by the philosopher <a href="/facts/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine/2RrhATxa">Willard Van Orman Quine</a>, in which the author expands upon the line of thought of his earlier writings in <i>From a Logical Point of View</i> (1953), and reformulates some of his earlier arguments, such as his attack in "<a href="/facts/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism/GVsHMMtc">Two Dogmas of Empiricism</a>" on the <a href="/facts/Analytic%E2%80%93synthetic_distinction/J1nXtGzd">analytic–synthetic distinction</a>. The thought experiment of <a href="/facts/Radical_translation/GGslgIN9">radical translation</a> and the accompanying notion of <a href="/facts/Indeterminacy_of_translation/gYuwbcYv">indeterminacy of translation</a> are original to <i>Word and Object</i>, which is Quine's most famous book. </p>