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Answer for the clue "United States philosopher and logician (1908- ) ", 5 letters:
quine

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A quine is a non-empty computer program which takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output. The standard terms for these programs in the computability theory and computer science literature are "self-replicating programs", ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context computing English) A program that produces its own source code as output. vb. 1 (context philosophy English) To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important. 2 To append something to a quotation of itself.

Usage examples of quine.

He did not attend any high day services, although he was a frequent visitor to the temple, playing chess with Father Quine and spending hours debating the nature of the Preservers and the world.

Two hours before sunset, Father Quine, the priest of the temple of Aeolis, came in his orange robes, walking barefoot and bareheaded up the winding road from the city to the peel-house.

I am supposed to be cleaning out the narthex while Father Quine dines with the Aedile and Prefect Corin.

He did not attend any high day services, although he was a frequent visitor to the temple, playing chess with Father Quine and spending hours debating the nature of the Preservers and the world.

She had tied a green head-scarf over her chestnut hair, and she wore a black and white harle quined skiing jacket to keep out the cold.

The overall effect was of a smooth wall or con tainer holding a mass of fog-shrouded, moving se quined material.