List of logicians
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A logician is a person, such as a philosopher or mathematician, whose topic of scholarly study is logic. The famous logicians are listed below in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surname).
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Nate Ackerman (USA, 1978 - )
- Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896 - 1962)
- Sergei Adian (Russia/Soviet Union/Armenia, 1931 - )
- Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (Poland, 1890 - 1963)
- Alice Ambrose (USA, 1906 - 2001)
- Alan Ross Anderson (USA, 1924 - 1972)
- Peter Andrews (USA, 1938 - )
- Aristotle (Greece, 384 B.C. - 322 B.C.)
[edit] B
- Bahmanyar (?, ? - 1067)
- Alexander Bain (?, 1818 - 1903)
- Stefan Banach (Poland, 1892 - 1945)
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915 - 1975)
- Henk Barendregt (?, 1947 - )
- Jon Barwise (USA, 1942 - 2000)
- James Earl Baumgartner (USA, 1943 - )
- Nuel Belnap (1931 - )
- Paul Benacerraf (USA, ? - )
- Johan van Benthem (Netherlands, 1949 - )
- Paul Bernays (Switzerland, 1888 - 1977)
- Evert Willem Beth (Netherlands, 1908 - 1964)
- Jean-Yves Béziau (Switzerland, 1965 - )
- David Blitz (USA, ? - )
- Józef Maria Bocheński (Poland, 1902 - 1995)
- Bernard Bolzano (Austrian Empire, 1781 - 1848)
- Andrea Bonomì (?, 1940 - )
- George Boole (UK, 1815 - 1864)
- George Boolos (USA, 1940 - 1996)
- Nicolas Bourbaki (Pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians)
- Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881 - 1966)
- Francis Burgersdyk (Netherlands, 1590 - 1629)
[edit] C
- Georg Ferdinand Cantor (Germany, 1845 - 1918)
- Rudolf Carnap (Germany, 1891 - 1970)
- Lewis Carroll (UK, 1832 - 1898)
- Chrysippus (Greece, ? - )
- Alonzo Church (USA, 1903 - 1995)
- Leon Chwistek (Poland, 1884 - 1944)
- Paul Joseph Cohen (USA, 1934 - 2007)
- Garlandus Compotista (?, ? - )
- S. Barry Cooper (Britain, ? - )
- Newton da Costa (Brazil, 1929 - )
- William Craig (USA, - )
- Haskell Curry (USA, 1900 - 1982)
- Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889 - 1981)
[edit] D
- T. Edward Damer (?, ? - )
- Martin Davis (USA, 1928 - )
- Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806 - 1871)
- Dharmakirti (India, ? - )
- Dignāga (India, ? - )
- Stephen Donaho (?, 1965 - )
- Michael A. E. Dummett (1925 - )
[edit] E
- Alexander Esenin-Volpin (Russia, 1924 - )
- John Etchemendy (USA, ? - )
[edit] F
- Solomon Feferman
- Richard Ferrybridge (England, ? - )
- Hartry Field
- Kit Fine (?, 1946 - )
- Matthew Foreman (USA, 1957 - )
- Michael Fourman (Britain, 1950 - )
- Adolf Fraenkel (Germany, 1891 - 1965)
- Roland Fraïssé (France, 1920 - )
- Gottlob Frege (Germany, 1848 - 1925)
- Harvey Friedman
[edit] G
- Dov Gabbay (?, 1945 - )
- L. T. F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians)
- Robin Gandy (Britain, 1919 - 1995)
- Sol Garfunkel (?, 1943 - )
- Aksapada Gautama (India, c. 6th century B.C. - 5th century B.C.)
- Peter Geach (?, 1916 - )
- Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909 - 1945)
- Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771 - 1859)
- Jean-Yves Girard
- Kurt Gödel (Austria, USA, 1906 - 1978)
- Jeroen Groenendijk (?, ? - )
[edit] H
- Susan Haack (UK, 1945 - )
- Petr Hájek (Czech Republic, 1941 - )
- Leo Harrington (USA, ? - )
- Robert S. Hartman (?, 1910 - 1973)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (?, 1770 - 1831)
- Jean Van Heijenoort (?, 1912 - 1986)
- Leon Henkin
- Jacques Herbrand (France,1908 - 1931)
- Arend Heyting (1898 - 1980)
- David Hilbert (Germany, 1862 - 1943)
- Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, 1929 - )
- Alfred Horn (USA, 1918 - 2001)
- William Alvin Howard (?, ? - )
- Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, 1959 - )
[edit] I
- Lyubomir Ivanov (Bulgaria, 1952 - )
[edit] J
- Giorgi Japaridze (?, ? - )
- Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1935)
- Richard Jeffrey (USA, 1926 - 2002)
- Ronald Jensen (USA, 1936 - )
- William Stanley Jevons (England, 1835 – 1882)
- William Ernest Johnson (?, 1858 - 1931)
- Dick de Jongh (Netherlands, 1939 - )
- Bjarni Jónsson (Iceland, 1920 - )
- Philip Jourdain (Britain, 1879 - 1919)
[edit] K
- David Kaplan (USA, 1933 - )
- Alexander S. Kechris
- Stephen Cole Kleene (USA, 1909 - 1994)
- Bakhadyr (Bakh) Khoussainov (USSR/USA/New Zealand, 1961 -)
- David Kolb (?, 1939 - )
- Tadeusz Kotarbiński (Poland, 1886 - 1981)
- Robert Kowalski (Poland, 1941 - )
- Georg Kreisel (Austria/Britain/USA, 1923 - )
- Saul Kripke (USA, 1940 - )
- Leopold Kronecker (Germany, 1823 - 1891)
[edit] L
- Christine Ladd-Franklin (?, 1847 - 1930)
- M. C. Laskowski (USA, ?)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646 - 1716)
- Stanisław Leśniewski (Poland, 1886 - 1939)
- Clarence Irving Lewis (USA, 1883 - 1964)
- David Lewis (USA, 1941 - 2001)
- David Kellogg Lewis (?, 1941 - 2001)
- Adolf Lindenbaum (Poland, 1904 - 1941)
- Martin Löb (Germany, 1921 - 2006)
- Paul Lorenzen (Germany, 1915 - 1994)
- Jerzy Łoś (Poland, 1920 - 1998)
- Rudolf Hermann Lotze (Germany 1817 - 1881)
- Leopold Löwenheim (Germany, 1878 - 1957)
- Jan Łukasiewicz (Poland, 1878 - 1956)
[edit] M
- Hugh MacColl (Scotland 1837 - 1909)
- Saunders MacLane (USA, 1909 - )
- Dugald Macpherson (?, ? - )
- Penelope Maddy (USA, ? - )
- David Makinson (Australia, 1941 - )
- Isaac Malitz (USA, 1947 - )
- Ruth Barcan Marcus (USA, 1921 - )
- Per Martin-Löf (Sweden, 1942 - )
- Donald A. Martin
- Richard Milton Martin (USA, 1916 - 1985)
- Yuri Matiyasevich (Russia/Soviet Union, 1947 - )
- C. A. Meredith (Ireland, 1904 - 1976)
- John Stuart Mill (England, 1806 - 1873)
- Richard Montague (USA, 1930 - 1971)
- Yiannis N. Moschovakis
- Andrzej Mostowski (Poland, 1913 - 1975)
[edit] N
- Edward Nelson (USA, 1942 - )
- John von Neumann (Hungary, USA, 1903 - 1957)
- Jean Nicod (?, 1893 - 1924)
- Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov (Russia/Soviet Union, 1901 - 1975)
[edit] O
- William of Ockham (?, 1285 - 1349)
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi (Italy, 1950 - )
- Ivan Orlov (?, 1886 - )
[edit] P
- Jeff Paris (Britain, ? - )
- Charles Parsons (USA, ? - )
- Solomon Passy (Bulgaria, 1956 - )
- Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858 - 1932)
- Charles Peirce (USA, 1839 - 1914)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (USA, 1839 - 1914)
- Chaim Perelman (Poland, ? - )
- Walter Pitts (USA, 1923 - 1969)
- Emil Leon Post (USA, 1897 - 1954)
- Dag Prawitz (Sweden, 1936 - )
- Mojżesz Presburger (Poland 1904 -1943)
- Graham Priest (Australia 1948 - )
- Arthur Prior (New Zealand, 1914 - 1969)
- Hilary Putnam (USA, 1926 - )
[edit] Q
- Willard Van Orman Quine (USA, 1908 - 2000)
[edit] R
- Michael O. Rabin (?, 1931 - )
- Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (?, 1868 - 1957)
- Frank Plumpton Ramsey (UK, 1903 - 1930)
- Helena Rasiowa (Poland, 1917 - 1994)
- Carveth Read (Britain, 1848 - 1931)
- Abraham Robinson (Israel, UK, Canada, USA, 1918 - 1974)
- Raphael M. Robinson (USA, 1911 - 1995)
- Hartley Rogers, Jr (?, ? - )
- J. Barkley Rosser (USA, 1907 - 1989)
- Richard Routley (New Zealand, 1935 - 1996)
- Bertrand Russell (UK, 1872 - 1970)
[edit] S
- Gerald Sacks (USA, ? - )
- Albert of Saxony (Germany, c. 1316 - 1390)
- Helmut Schwichtenberg (Germany)
- Rolf Schock (b. France, 1933 - 1986)
- Moses Schönfinkel (USSR, 1889 - 1942)
- Ernst Schröder (Germany, 1841 - 1902)
- Dana Scott (USA, 1932 - )
- Duns Scotus (?, 1266 - 1308)
- John Duns Scotus (England, c. 1266-1308)
- Fyodor Shcherbatskoy (Russia, 1866 - 1942)
- Saharon Shelah (Israel, 1945 - )
- William of Sherwood (England, 1190 - 1249)
- Hui Shi (China, ? - )
- Christoph von Sigwart (Germany, 1830 - 1894)
- Raghunatha Siromani (India, 1470s - 1550s)
- Thoralf Skolem (Norway 1887 - 1963)
- Dimiter Skordev (Bulgaria, 1936 - )
- Theodore Slaman (USA, ? - )
- Raymond Smullyan (USA, 1919 - )
- Robert M. Solovay (USA, ? - )
- Peter of Spain
- John R. Steel
- Martin Stokhof (Netherlands, ? - )
- Nyāya Sūtras (India, ? - )
- Richard Sylvan (?, 1935 - 1996)
[edit] T
- Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, 1926 - )
- Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902 - 1983)
- Pavel Tichý (Czech Republic, 1936 - 1994)
- Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, 1939 - )
- Alan Turing (UK, 1912 - 1954)
- Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866 - 1938)
[edit] U
- Udayana (India, ? - )
- Alasdair Urquhart (Britain, 1945 - )
[edit] V
- Nicolai A. Vasiliev (Russia, 1880 - 1940)
- Robert Lawson Vaught (USA, 1926 - 2002)
- Paul of Venice (?, 1368 - 1428)
- John Venn (England, 1834 - 1923)
[edit] W
- Hao Wang (China/USA, 1921 - 1995)
- Isaac Watts (England, 1674 - 1748)
- Richard Whately (England, 1787 - 1863)
- Alfred North Whitehead (UK, 1861 - 1947)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, 1889 - 1951)
- W. Hugh Woodin (USA, 1955 - )
- Georg Henrik von Wright (?, 1916 - 2003)
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Jin Yuelin (China, 1895 – 1984)
[edit] Z
- Lotfi Zadeh (Azerbaijan/USA, 1921 - )
- Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871 - 1953)
- Zhuangzi (China, ? - )
- Aleksandr Zinovyev (Soviet Union, 1922 - 2006)
[edit] External links
- The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/ -- Very complete list of detailed biographies. Many logicians are included.