educing names to [a final presentation] format requires hand-tuning, as when the middle name "O'Flynn" reduces to "O'F.", or knowing that "Willard van Orman Quine" is properly "Quine, W.V.O."

将姓名缩写成[最终表示的]格式需要手工调整，比如中间名“O'Flynn”缩写为“O'F.”，或者知道“Willard van Orman Quine”是“Quine, W.V.O.”的完整形式。

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Willard Quine's early work was in the field of mathematical logic and set theory, the subject of half a dozen of his 23 books.

ECONOMIST: Willard Quine