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Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes: Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.
         

Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.


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This page presents the quote "Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.". Author of this quote is Willard Van Orman Quine. This quote is about semantics, myth, museums, labels, exhibits, language, change,.