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Professor

Charles Dacre Parsons

(
1933
–
2024
)
Columbia University
;
New York, NY
Philosopher; Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Philosophy
Elected
1982
Research centers on philosophy of logic and mathematics and on certain historical figures, in particular Kant. In earlier years he worked in proof theory, a branch of mathematical logic. Philosophical writings concern the relation of logic and mathematics, the notions of object and structure, prediction and truth, intuition, the concepts of number and set.
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