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Philosophy & Social Sciences

George Boolos

Who

George Boolos · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Philosopher and mathematical logician

When

1940, New York City, United States — 1996, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Where

United States

Biography

George Boolos is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher and mathematical logician

How & why

George Boolos was a philosopher and mathematical logician at MIT whose work on the foundations of mathematics, provability logic, and Frege's logicism was highly influential; he also produced a celebrated proof-theoretic study of second-order logic. He was of Greek and Jewish (German-Jewish) descent. His scholarship shaped how modern logicians read Frege and understand self-reference.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy

Contributions & Sources

Philosopher and mathematical logician

1940

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy