Philip Jourdain
Philip Jourdain | |
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Born |
1879 Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
Died |
1919 Crookham, Hampshire |
Occupation | Editor and mathematician |
Spouse(s) | Yes |
Parents | Emily Clay and Francis Jourdain |
Philip Edward Bertrand Jourdain (16 October 1879 – 1 October 1919) was a British logician and follower of Bertrand Russell.
He was born in Ashbourne in Derbyshire[1] one of a large family belonging to Emily Clay and his father Francis Jourdain (who was the vicar at Ashbourne).[2] He was partly disabled by Friedreich's ataxia. He corresponded with Georg Cantor and Gottlob Frege, and took a close interest in the paradoxes related to Russell's paradox, formulating the card paradox version of the liar paradox.[2] He corresponded with Ludwig Wittgenstein, meeting with him in Cambridge to discuss Frege's book Grundgesetze der Arithmetik, of parts of which Jourdain had prepared a translation. He also worked on algebraic logic, and the history of science with Isaac Newton as a particular study. He was London editor for The Monist.
His sister Eleanor Jourdain was an English academic and author.
References
- ↑
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Philip Jourdain", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Turnbull archive accessed 7 December 2007
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Philip Jourdain", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
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