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Willard Van Orman Quine Lectures and Travel have been compiled directly from Quine's autobiography, files, and family records. Quine spent more than 3,000 days (over 8 years) outside the United States during his lifetime. This page is maintained by Douglas Boynton Quine; please E-Mail recommended additions, or corrections to the webmaster: [webmaster]
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ALPHABETICAL COUNTRIES (at the time) ................. TOTAL DURATION; YEAR(S) OF VISITS [counts corrected Apr. 8, 2023]

  1. Albania ........................................... minutes; 1932
  2. Andorra .......................................... 5 days, 1950
    Anguilla ........................................... as British Lesser Antilles
  3. Antigua & Barbuda ........................ 12 hours, 1942
  4. Australia ......................................... 15 days, 1959
  5. Austria ............................................ 159 days, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1968
  6. Bahamas (the) ................................. 15 days, 1971
  7. Belgium .......................................... 22 days, 1929, 1950, 1953, 1968, 1979
  8. Belize (British Honduras) ............... minutes, 1976
  9. Bermuda ......................................... 3 days, 1971
  10. Bolivia ............................................ 5 days, 1942 (identified in 2023), 1956
  11. Botswana ........................................ 2 days, 1980
  12. Brazil .............................................. 108 days, 1942
  13. British Guiana (now) Guyana .......... minutes, 1942
  14. British Lesser Antilles ..................... 8 hours, 1967
  15. Bulgaria ........................................... 5 days, 1932
  16. Cambodia ........................................ 1 day, 1959
  17. Canada ............................................ 58 days, 1914 .... 1992
  18. Cape Verde ......................................1.5 hours, 1980
  19. Chile ............................................... 10 days, 1942, 1956
  20. Colombia .........................................13 days, 1942, 1956, 1983
  21. Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire) ................... hours, 1970
  22. Costa Rica ....................................... 3 weeks, 1949, 1988
    Croatia ............................................. as Yugoslavia
  23. Cuba .................................................minutes, 1942 (corrected in 2023)
  24. Cyprus ..............................................1/2 day, 1964
  25. Czech Republic ............................... 96 days (total across both names) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998
    Czechoslovakia ............................... (counted under Czech Republic) 1932, 1933
  26. Danzig (now in Poland) ...................2 days, 1933
  27. Denmark .......................................... 9 days, 1933, 1960, 1980, 1995, 1997
  28. Dominican Republic ........................ 7 days, 1942, 1984
  29. Ecuador ........................................... 3 days, 1942, 1956
  30. Egypt ............................................... 56 days, 1964, 1982, 1990
  31. El Salvador ...................................... 2 days, 1949
    Eritrea .............................................. as Ethiopia
    Eswatini ........................................... as Swaziland
  32. Ethiopia ........................................... 9 days, 1970
  33. Fiji ................................................... 2 days, 1959
  34. Finland ............................................ 3 days, 1970, 1973, 1977
  35. France ............................................. 183 days, 1929, 1932, 1950, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993
  36. French Antilles ................................1/2 day, 1967
  37. Germany (East) ............................... 6 hours, 1954, 1981
  38. Germany (West) ............................. 185 days, 1929 (corrected in 2023), 1932, 1933, 1950, 1954, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987
    Germany (Federal Republic) .......... (counted under West Germany) 1991, 1993, 1997
  39. Ghana ............................................. minutes, 1970
  40. Gibraltar ......................................... 2 days, 1953
  41. Greece ............................................ 32 days, 1932, 1964, 1965
  42. Greenland ....................................... 4 hours, 1980
  43. Guatemala ....................................... 4 days, 1949
    Guyana ............................................ as British Guiana
  44. Haiti ................................................. minutes, 1942
  45. Honduras ......................................... 1 day, 1949
  46. Hong King ....................................... 2 days, 1959
  47. Hungary ........................................... 5 days, 1932
  48. Iceland ............................................. 7 days, 1960, 1968, 1980
  49. India ................................................ 24 days, 1983
  50. Indonesia ......................................... minutes, 1959
  51. Iran .................................................. 13 days, 1974
  52. Ireland ............................................. 7 days, 1933, 1969
  53. Israel ............................................... 2 weeks, 1976
  54. Italy ................................................. 210 days, 1929, 1933, 1950, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993
  55. Jamaica ............................................ 7 days, 1956, 1972
  56. Japan ................................................ 74 days, 1959, 1996
  57. Kenya ...............................................15 days, 1970
  58. Korea (South)................................... 3 days, 1959
  59. Latvia ............................................... 1 day, 1933
  60. Lebanon ........................................... 1 day, 1964
  61. Liberia ............................................. minutes, 1970
  62. Libya ............................................... 1/2 day, 1933
  63. Liechtenstein ................................... 8 days, 1929, 1932,1954
  64. Lithuania ........................................ 2 days, 1933
  65. Luxembourg .................................... 7 days, 1929, 1950, 1968
  66. Macao ............................................. 1 day, 1959
    Macedonia ...................................... as Yugoslavia
  67. Malaya (Federation of)................... 1 day, 1959
  68. Malta ............................................... 2 days, 1933
  69. Mauritania ....................................... hours, 1972
  70. Mexico............................................. 316 days, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1992, 1993
  71. Monaco ............................................ 1 day, 1929, 1950
  72. Morocco ........................................... 5 days, 1953
  73. Nepal ................................................ 3 days, 1983
  74. Netherlands ...................................... 19 days, 1933, 1953, 1954, 1973, 1974, 1997
  75. Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten).. 6 days, 1966-1967 (New Year's vacation week) [corrected in 2023]
  76. New Zealand ..................................... 2 days, 1959
  77. Newfoundland (now in Canada) ....... 2 days, 1935 (corrected in 2023)
  78. Nicaragua .......................................... 2 days, 1949
  79. Nigeria ............................................... minutes, 1970
  80. Norway .............................................. 36 days, 1960, 1970, 1992, 1993
    Okinawa ............................................ as US Pacific Trust Territory
  81. Panama .............................................. 5 days, 1942, 1949, 1988
  82. Peru ................................................... 7 days, 1942, 1956
  83. Poland ............................................... 33 days, 1933
  84. Portugal ............................................ 195 days, 1938, 1939, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1973,1974, 1978
  85. Romania ............................................ 1 day, 1932
  86. Russia (USSR) .................................. 1.75 days, 1977
  87. Rwanda .............................................. minutes, 1970
  88. San Marino ........................................ 15 days, 1929, 1953, 1968, 1990
  89. Senegal ............................................... minutes, 1970
  90. Singapore ........................................... 0.5 day, 1959
    Slovakia ............................................. as Czechoslovakia
  91. South Africa ...................................... 24 days, 1980
  92. Spain ................................................. 104 days, 1950, 1953, 1973, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994
  93. Spanish Sahara .................................. 4 days, 1972
  94. St. Pierre & Miquelon ...................... 1 day, 1935
  95. Surinam ............................................. minutes, 1942
  96. Swaziland (Eswatini) ........................ 1 day, 1980
  97. Sweden .............................................. 29 days, 1933, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1993
  98. Switzerland ........................................ 48 days, 1929, 1932, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993
  99. Syria .................................................. 1 day, 1964
  100. Taiwan ............................................... 1 day, 1959
  101. Tanzania ............................................ 7 days, 1970
  102. Thailand (Siam) ................................. 2 days, 1959
  103. Trinidad & Tobago .............................1 hour, 1942
  104. Tunesia .............................................. 16 days, 1978
  105. Turkey ................................................ 9 days, 1932, 1964
  106. Uganda ............................................... 9 days, 1970
  107. United Kingdom ................................. 673 days, 1929, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1996
  108. United States ...................................... most days (visited all 50 states)
  109. US Caribbean ..................................... 2 days, 1942, 1949, 1967, 1984 (PR, Canal Zone)
  110. US Pacific Trust (Okinawa)................ 1/2 day, 1959
  111. Vatican City ........................................ 1 day, 1929, 1933, 1964
  112. Venezuela ........................................... 6 2/3 days, 1975, 1976
  113. Vietnam (South) ................................. 2 days, 1959
  114. Yugoslavia ......................................... 18 days, 1932, 1968, 1979 [corrected error in 2023]

CHRONOLOGICAL COUNTRIES (at the time) ................. TOTAL DURATION; YEAR(S) OF VISITS [best count as of Apr. 11, 2023]

  1. United States ................................... most days (visited all 50 states)
  2. Canada ............................................ 58 days, 1914 .... 1992
  3. United Kingdom .............................. 673 days, 1929, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1996
  4. France ............................................. 183 days, 1929, 1932, 1950, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993
  5. Monaco ........................................... 1 day, 1929, 1950
  6. Italy ................................................. 210 days, 1929, 1933, 1950, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993
  7. Vatican City ..................................... 1 day, 1929, 1933, 1964
  8. San Marino ...................................... 15 days, 1929, 1953, 1968, 1990
  9. Austria ............................................ 159 days, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1968
  10. Liechtenstein ................................... 8 days, 1929, 1932,1954
  11. Switzerland .................................... 48 days, 1929, 1932, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993
  12. Germany (West) .............................. 185 days, 1929 (corrected in 2023), 1932, 1933, 1950, 1954, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987
  13. Luxembourg .................................... 7 days, 1929, 1950, 1968
  14. Belgium .......................................... 22 days, 1929, 1950, 1953, 1968, 1979
  15. Hungary ......................................... 5 days, 1932
  16. Czechoslovakia ............................... 96 days (across both names), 1932, 1933, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998
    Slovakia .......................................... as Czechoslovakia
  17. Romania ......................................... 1 day, 1932
  18. Yugoslavia ...................................... 18 days, 1932, 1968, 1979 [corrected error in 2023]
    Croatia ............................................ as Yugoslavia
    Macedonia ...................................... as Yugoslavia
  19. Bulgaria .......................................... 5 days, 1932
  20. Turkey ............................................ 9 days, 1932, 1964
  21. Greece ............................................ 32 days, 1932, 1964, 1965
  22. Albania ........................................... minutes; 1932
  23. Libya .............................................. 1/2 day, 1933
  24. Malta .............................................. 2 days, 1933
  25. Poland ............................................ 33 days, 1933
  26. Lithuania ........................................ 2 days, 1933
  27. Latvia ............................................. 1 day, 1933
  28. Danzig (now in Poland) ..................2 days, 1933
  29. Denmark ......................................... 9 days, 1933, 1960, 1980, 1995, 1997
  30. Sweden ........................................... 29 days, 1933, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1993
  31. Netherlands .................................... 19 days, 1933, 1953, 1954, 1973, 1974, 1997
  32. Ireland (Republic of)....................... 7 days, 1933, 1969
  33. St. Pierre & Miquelon .................... 1 day, 1935
  34. Newfoundland (now in Canada) ..... 2 days, 1935 (corrected in 2023)
  35. Mexico............................................. 316 days, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1992, 1993
  36. Portugal ........................................... 195 days, 1938, 1939, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1973,1974, 1978
  37. Cuba ................................................. minutes, 1942 (corrected in 2023)
  38. Haiti ................................................. minutes, 1942
  39. Dominican Republic ....................... 7 days, 1942, 1984
  40. Antigua & Barbuda ......................... 12 hours, 1942
  41. US Caribbean .................................. 2 days, 1942, 1949, 1967, 1984 (PR, Canal Zone)
  42. Trinidad & Tobago ...........................1 hour, 1942
  43. British Guiana .................................. minutes, 1942
    Guyana ............................................. as British Guiana
  44. Surinam ............................................ minutes, 1942
  45. Brazil ............................................... 108 days, 1942
  46. Bolivia ............................................. 5 days, 1942 (identified in 2023), 1956
  47. Chile ................................................ 10 days, 1942, 1956
  48. Peru ................................................. 7 days, 1942, 1956
  49. Ecuador ........................................... 3 days, 1942, 1956
  50. Colombia ........................................ 13 days, 1942, 1956, 1983
  51. Panama ............................................ 5 days, 1942, 1949, 1988
  52. Guatemala ....................................... 4 days, 1949
  53. El Salvador ...................................... 2 days, 1949
  54. Honduras ......................................... 1 day, 1949
  55. Nicaragua ........................................ 2 days, 1949
  56. Costa Rica ....................................... 3 weeks, 1949, 1988
  57. Andorra ........................................... 5 days, 1950
  58. Spain ............................................... 104 days, 1950, 1953, 1973, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994
  59. Gibraltar .......................................... 2 days, 1953
  60. Morocco .......................................... 5 days, 1953
  61. Germany (East) ............................... 6 hours, 1954, 1981
  62. Jamaica ............................................ 7 days, 1956, 1972
  63. Fiji ................................................... 2 days, 1959
  64. New Zealand ................................... 2 days, 1959
  65. Australia .......................................... 15 days, 1959
  66. Indonesia ......................................... minutes, 1959
  67. Singapore ........................................ 1.5 day, 1959
  68. Malaya (Federation of) ................... 1.5 day, 1959
  69. Thailand (Siam) .............................. 2 days, 1959
  70. Cambodia ........................................ 1 day, 1959
  71. Vietnam (South) .............................. 2 days, 1959
  72. Hong King ...................................... 2 days, 1959
  73. Macao ............................................. 1 day, 1959
  74. Taiwan ............................................ 1 day, 1959
  75. US Pacific Trust (Okinawa)............. 1/2 day, 1959
    Okinawa .......................................... as US Pacific Trust Territory
  76. Japan ............................................... 74 days, 1959, 1996
  77. Korea (South).................................. 3 days, 1959
  78. Norway ........................................... 36 days, 1960, 1970, 1992, 1993
  79. Iceland ............................................ 7 days, 1960, 1968, 1980
  80. Egypt .............................................. 56 days, 1964, 1982, 1990
  81. Lebanon .......................................... 1 day, 1964
  82. Cyprus ............................................. 1/2 day, 1964
  83. Syria ................................................ 1 day, 1964
  84. Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten). 6 days, 1966-1967 (New Year's vacation week) [corrected in 2023]
  85. British Lesser Antilles ..................... 8 hours, 1967
    Anguilla ........................................... as British Lesser Antilles
  86. French Antilles (Saint Martin)...........1/2 day, 1967
  87. Finland ............................................. 3 days, 1970, 1973, 1977
  88. Ethiopia ............................................ 9 days, 1970
    Eritrea ............................................... as Ethiopia
  89. Kenya ............................................... 15 days, 1970
  90. Tanzania ........................................... 7 days, 1970
  91. Uganda ............................................. 9 days, 1970
  92. Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire) ................... hours, 1970
  93. Rwanda ............................................. minutes, 1970
  94. Nigeria .............................................. minutes, 1970
  95. Ghana ................................................ minutes, 1970
  96. Liberia ............................................... minutes, 1970
  97. Senegal .............................................. minutes, 1970
  98. Bahamas (the) ................................... 15 days, 1971
  99. Bermuda ............................................ 3 days, 1971
  100. Spanish Sahara .................................. 4 days, 1972
  101. Mauritania ......................................... hours, 1972
  102. Iran .................................................... 13 days, 1974
  103. Venezuela .......................................... 6 2/3 days, 1975, 1976
  104. Belize (British Honduras) ................. minutes, 1976
  105. Israel ................................................. 2 weeks, 1976
  106. Russia (USSR) .................................. 1.75 days, 1977
  107. Tunesia ............................................. 16 days, 1978
  108. Greenland ......................................... 4 hours, 1980
  109. Cape Verde ........................................1.5 hours, 1980
  110. South Africa ..................................... 24 days, 1980
  111. Botswana .......................................... 2 days, 1980
  112. Swaziland ........................................ 1 day, 1980
    Eswatini ........................................... as Swaziland
  113. India ................................................. 24 days, 1983
  114. Nepal ................................................ 3 days, 1983
    Germany (Federal Republic) ............ counted as Germany (West) 1991, 1993, 1997
    Czech Republic ................................. as Czechoslovakia 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998

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COUNTRIES ............... (FLEW OVER, DID NOT LAND)

  1. Afghanistan ........................................... flew over; 1983
  2. Bahrain .................................................. flew over, 1983
  3. Benin (Dahomey)................................... flew over, 1970
  4. Cameroon .............................................. flew over, 1970
  5. Central African Republic ....................... flew over, 1970
  6. Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)..................... flew over, 1970
  7. French Guiana ....................................... flew over, 1942
  8. Gambia (the) .......................................... flew over, 1970
  9. Grenada ................................................. flew over, 1942
  10. Guinea ................................................... flew over, 1970
  11. Iraq ........................................................ flew over, 1983
  12. Jordan .................................................... flew over, 1983
  13. Pakistan.................................................. flew over, 1983
  14. Portuguese Guinea ................................ flew over, 1970
  15. Qatar ..................................................... flew over, 1983
  16. Saudi Arabia ......................................... flew over, 1983
  17. Sierra Leone ......................................... flew over, 1970
  18. St. Vincent & the Grenadines ............... flew over, 1942
  19. Sudan .................................................... flew over, 1970
  20. Togo....................................................... flew over, 1970
  21. United Arab Emirates ........................... flew over, 1983

COUNTRIES ...... (SEEN BUT NEVER FLEW OVER OR LANDED)

  1. Algeria ......................... seen from side as passing by
  2. Argentina ..................... seen from side as passing by
  3. Bangladesh .................. seen from side as passing by
  4. China ........................... seen from side as passing by
  5. Dominica ..................... seen from side as passing by
  6. Mozambique ................ seen from side as passing by
  7. Oman ........................... seen from side as passing by
  8. St. Lucia ...................... seen from side as passing by

Willard Van Orman Quine Lecture Locations by Country (state) & Institution

Incomplete list based upon Quine's published autobiography and undated handwritten Quine listings. In many instances the institution name is unknown when only the city name was mentioned. Some dates are only known within a range of years; many lecture subjects are unknown. Please email [webmaster] with corrections or updates with university names, lecture titles, or dates.

  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix (~1986) "The Sensory Support of Science"
      • Tucson (April 1, 1975) "On Empirically Equivalent Systems of the World"
      • Tucson (1976) "Identity"
    • California:
      • Berkeley (1971) "Truth and Disquotation")
      • Berkeley (1979) Ontology
      • Irvine (1971) three week Summer Institute of Philosophy - lectures and discussion
      • Stanford (1969) "Methodological Reflections on Linguistic Theory"
      • Stanford (1980) "Science and Sensibilia" - Immanuel Kant lectures
      • Stanford (1986) colloquium with Davidson, Dreben, Føllesdal
      • U.S.C. (1949? or 1979?) Ontology
    • Colorado: University of Denver (~1965) "Existence"
    • Connecticut:
      • Trinity
      • University of Connecticut, Storrs (~1965) "Natural Kinds"
      • University of Connecticut, Storrs (1973) colloquium
      • Yale (~1947) "On What There Is"
      • Yale (November 13, 1962) four talks on frontiers in philosophy one of which was published in French translation: 1964. Les Frontières de la théorie logique / Frontieres dans la theorie logique. in Études Philosophiques (April-June 1964), 19(2): 191-208. French translation by Jacques Derrida and Roger Martin.)
    • Florida
      • Tallahassee (1979)
      • (uncertain campus) (~1951) "The Problem of Simplifying Truth Functions"
    • Illinois:
      • Northwestern University (1973)
      • University of Chicago (1950) "On Carnap's View on Ontology"
      • University of Chicago (1965) "Propositional Objects"
      • University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (1965) "Propositional Objects"
    • Indiana:
      • Notre Dame (1971) week of lectures and discussion
      • Indiana Iniversity Bloomington (~1971) extended lectures and discussion
    • Iowa (March 6, 1975) "On Empirically Equivalent Systems of the World"
    • Kansas: Lawrence (1986)
    • Louisiana: Tulane (1973; 1984)
    • Maine
      • Bowdoin (1962) lectures on history of logic
      • Farmington (1983) "The Elusiveness of Reference"
    • Maryland: St. John's
    • Massachusetts:
      • Amherst (1965) "Propositional Objects"; 1968: "Grades of Theoreticity"
      • Boston (innumerable)
      • Boston: World Congress of Philosophy (1998) - last lectures
      • Boston (Philosophy Club of Boston) (Oct. 24, 1975: "The Mentalistic Foundations for Physicalism"
      • Boston (uncertain location) (~1981: "Object and Observation")
      • Boston University (1979) comment on Hartshorne
      • Boston University (1981) 3x
      • Boston University (1983) "The Ins and Outs of Existence"
      • Boston University (~1987) truth
      • Brandeis
      • Harvard (innumerable)
      • Harvard (April 29, 1975) addressed anthropologists on meaning
      • Mt. Holyoke (1980) "What Is It All About?"
      • Northeastern
      • Smith College (October 22, 1985) “Convention and Its Place in Truth” (Houghton Library Archive, MS Am 2587, (2883)) - discovered by James Andrew Smith, Jr. - Aug 5, 2019
      • Tufts
      • University of Massachusetts
    • Michigan:
      • Michigan State (~1965) "Stimulus and Meaning"
      • Oakland (1980) "What Is It All About?"
      • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1951) "The Problem of Meaning in Linguistics"
      • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1958) simplifying truth functions 3x 1965: "Propositional Objects"; 1979: naturalistic epistemology; ontology; 1980: comment on Campbell: "States of Mind"
      • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1965) "Propositional Objects"
      • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1979) naturalistic epistemology; ontology
      • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1980) comment on Campbell: "States of Mind"
      • Wayne State (1973) extended lectures and discussion
    • Missouri:
      • St. Louis: American Philosophical Association (1971)
      • University of Missouri, Columbia (October 22, 1975) "Physical Objects"
      • University of Missouri, Columbia (1978) Colloquium with Sellers & Herrnstein
      • Washington University (1986)
    • Montana: Missoula (1992: Henry Bugbee lecture: "In Praise of Observation Sentences"
    • Nebraska: Lincoln (1978: ontology)
    • New Hampshire: Dartmouth (May 20, 1977) "Grammar, Truth, and Logic"
    • New Jersey:
      • Princeton (Dec. 8, 1937) "Is logic a matter of words?" 2509 words to American Philosophical Association
      • Princeton (~1971) extended lectures and discussion
      • Princeton (November 21, 1975) "On Empirically Equivalent Systems of the World"
      • Princeton (~1981: "Object and Observation"
      • Rutgers (1984)
      • Rutgers (1987)
    • New York:
      • Brockport (~1965) "Philosophical Progress in Language Theory"
      • Brooklyn (~1965) "Natural Kinds"
      • Columbia (1954) "The Scope and Language of Science"
      • Columbia (1968: John Dewey lectures: "Ontological Relativity"
      • New School
      • New York (1972) lecture on definition at lexicography conference
      • New York (1972) "Levels of Abstraction" at conference on unified science
      • New York (November 28-29, 1975) lecture and discussant at conference on unified science
      • New York (April 4, 1976) discussant in Davidson - Harman - Wallace panel
      • New York Academy
      • New York University (1938) "On The Theory of Logical Types"
      • Queens
      • Rensselaer
      • Rockefeller (1968) during semester of residence
      • Rockefeller (March 30, 1976) "Facts of the Matter" and discussion
      • Southampton (1968) lectures in Summer Institute of Philosophy
      • Syracuse (1981)
    • North Carolina:
      • Chapel Hill - Mathematical Association of America (1936) "New Foundations"
      • Duke
      • University of North Carolina
    • Ohio:
      • Case Western Reserve
      • Oberlin (December 12, 1974) "The Mentalistic Foundations for Physicalism"
      • Ohio State
      • University of Akron (1961, on paradox)
      • University of Cincinnati
    • Oklahoma:
      • Norman (January 24, 1975) "Ontology and Truth"
      • University of Oklahoma (April 2, 1976) "Facts of the Matter" at conference: Two Hundred Years of American Philosophy: Edwards to Quine
    • Pennsylvania:
      • Bryn Mawr (1950) Delaguna lecture "Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis"
      • Lehigh University (1990: "From Stimulus to Science")
      • University of Pennsylvania
      • West Chester (October 24, 1974) "The Mentalistic Foundations for Physicalism"
    • Rhode Island:
      • Brown (~1981) "Object and Observation"
      • Brown (1984)
    • South Carolina
      • University of South Carolina, Columbia (October 31, 1975) "The Pragmatist's Place in Empiricism"
    • Tennessee
      • Vanderbilt (1973)
    • Texas:
      • Dallas (January 23, 1975) "Identity"
      • Denton (October 21, 1976) "Physical Objects"
      • University of Texas
    • Utah
      • University of Utah (~1975) "On Empirically Equivalent Systems of the World"
    • Washington
      • Bellingham (1978) Physical Objects
    • Washington DC: Howard University
    • Wisconsin
      • Madison (1979)
      • Wisconsin: (unknown which campus) (1986)
  • Australia
    • Adelaide (1959) Gavin David Young lectures, precursor to Word and Object
  • Austria
    • Vienna (1968) "Epistemology Naturalized" and "On the Limits of Decision"; also at some time lectured in German
  • Belgium:
    • Brussels (in French, 1979)
    • Louvain-la-Neuve (in French, 1979)
  • Brazil
    • São Paulo (1942) multiple lectures in Portuguese became the book "O Sentido da Nova Lógica"
  • Canada:
    • Calgary (1970)
    • Laval (~1965) ontology)
    • Lethbridge (1992) "In Praise of Observation Sentences"
    • McGill
    • Queen's
    • Toronto (1984)
    • University of Alberta, Edmonton (1971)
  • Colombia
    • Barranquilla (February 21-22, 1983) spoke on "The Ins and Outs of Existence" at the "Symposium on Epistemology, History, and Philosophy of Science"
  • Czech Republic
    • Karlovy Vary (1995) "I, You, and It: the Semantic Triangle"
    • Karlovy Vary (1996) discussant
    • Karls University
  • France
    • Aix-en-Provence (in French, 1979)
    • Collège de France (1969) Philosophy of Logic course in French; 1979, in French
    • Lille (in French, 1979 or 1980)
    • Paris (1978) logic colloquium
    • Paris (1984) "Carnap's Positivistic Travail"
    • Royaumont (1958) "Le mythe de la signification"
  • Germany
    • Düsseldorf
    • Göttingen (1981) 3x
    • Konstanz (1991) Carnap & Reichenbach centenary symposium
    • Munich (1978) Physische Gegenstände, in German
    • Stuttgart (1981) "Gegenstand und Beobachtung", in German - adapted from "Object and Observation"
  • Iceland
    • Reykjavik (1980) "What Is It All About?"
  • India
    • Calcutta (1983) "The Mentalistic Heritage"
    • Jadavpur (1983) 2x
    • Lucknow (1983: "The Ins and Outs of Existence"
  • Israel
    • Hebrew University, Jerusulem (April 25, 1976) colloquium talk "Use and Its Place in Meaning"
    • Hebrew University, Jerusulem (May 2, 1976) "Facts of the Matter"
  • Italy
    • Bellagio (in residence August 10-September 18, 1975)
    • Florence (April 5, 1974) "The Nature of Natural Learning" in Italian
    • Palermo (1985) "Meaning, Reference, and Truth"
    • Turin (1982) "Peano as Logician", in Italian
  • Japan
    • Keto
    • Kyoto Prize lectures (1996)
      • "Kyoto Acceptance speech" was presented at the Kyoto Prize ceremony on November 10, 1996
      • "Tidy Parsimony" was the commemorative lecture presented at the Kyoto Prize ceremony on November 11, 1996
      • "Instinct, Reification and Extensionality" was presented at the workshop on Language, Holism, and Naturalism on November 12, 1996
    • University of Kyoto
    • University of Tokyo (1959) 2 summer courses
  • Korea: Seoul
  • Mexico
    • Oaxaca (1981) "Objeto y observación", in Spanish
  • Netherlands
    • Amersfoort
    • Oldenburg (1997) Karl Jaspers lecture: "The Growth of Mind in Language"
    • Utrecht (February 23, 1974) "Theory and Observation" (= "Nature of Natural Knowledge")
  • New Zealand: Auckland
  • Norway
    • Oslo (1970) predicate-functor logic; 1992: "In Praise of Observation Sentences"
  • Poland: Warsaw
  • San Marino (1990) colloquium on Quine
  • South Africa
    • Cape Town (1980) "Meaning and the Alien Mind"
    • Johannesburg (1980) "Meaning and the Alien Mind"
    • Pretoria (1980) "Meaning and the Alien Mind"
  • Spain:
    • Cullera (1974) symposium)
    • Girona (1990) Ferrater Mora lectures)
    • Granada (1986) "The Sensory Support of Science"
    • Valencia (1972) "Reflexiones sombre el aprendizaje del lenguaje", in Spanish
  • Sweden
    • Uppsala (1973) Hägerström lectures: "Roots of Reference"
    • Uppsala (1977) "Grammar, Truth, and Logic"
    • Uppsala (1980) "What Is It All About?"
  • Switzerland:
    • Berne (in French, 1979)
    • Biel / Bienne (1990)
    • Geneva
  • United Kingdom (some colleges names may be within Cambridge or Oxford)
    • Birmingham (February 11, 1974) answering questions
    • Bristol (~1954)
    • Cambridge (~1954; 1973 or 1974) lecture to Moral Science Club
    • Cambridge (February 20, 1974) "On the Individualization of Attributes"
    • Edinburgh (May 30, 1974) "Theory and Observation"
    • Exeter College (November 8, 1973) Marett Lecture "~~ Substantial Quantification"
    • Leeds (May 18, 1974) "Ontology and Truth"
    • Leicester (~1954)
    • London (May 20, 1974) B.S.P.S. (? British Society Philosophy Science) "Identity"
    • Manchester (May 29, 1974) "Identity"
    • Oxford (innumerable)
    • Oxford (1953-1954) lecture courses on philosophy of language, logic, set theory
    • Oxford (1973 or 1974) "The Nature of Natural Knowledge"
    • Oxford Ayer's Group (May 14, 1974) "Identity"
    • Oxford Maths Institute (June 14, 1974) "Ontology and Truth"
    • Oxford Merton Middle Common Room (June 19, 1974) "On How I See Philosophy"
    • Reading (1996) "The Flowering of Thought in Language"
    • St. Andrews (May 31, 1974) "Identity"
    • University College, London (1954) Shearman lectures, on ontology
    • University Of Wales, Aberystwyth (May 7, 1974) "Identity"
    • Windsor (~1954) 5 day symposium
    • Wolfson College (February 26, 1974) "Identity"
  • Yugoslavia: Dubrovnik (1979)

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