Set theory in sheep's clothing. - Willard Van Orman Quine

"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

No particular experiences are linked with any particular statements in the interior of the field, except indirectly through considerations of equilibrium affecting the field as a whole.

How are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies? Certainly the answer is not provided by the semantical formula "To be is to be the value of a variable"; this formula serves rather, conversely, in testing the conformity of a given remark or doctrine to a prior ontological standard.