List of logicians
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
A
- Nate Ackerman (USA, born 1978)
- Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896–1962)
- Sergei Adian (Russia/Soviet Union/Armenia, born 1931)
- Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (Poland, 1890–1963)
- Alice Ambrose (USA, 1906–2001)
- Alan Ross Anderson (USA, 1924–1972)
- Peter B. Andrews (USA, born 1938)
- Lennart Åqvist (b. Norway 1932)
- Aristotle (Greece, 384 BC – 322 BC)
B
- Bahmanyar (Iran, died 1067)
- Alexander Bain (1818–1903)
- Stefan Banach (Poland, 1892–1945)
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915–1975)
- Henk Barendregt (Netherlands, born 1947)
- Jon Barwise (USA, 1942–2000)
- James Earl Baumgartner (USA, born 1943)
- Nuel Belnap (USA, born 1931)
- Paul Benacerraf (USA)
- Johan van Benthem (Netherlands, born 1949)
- Paul Bernays (Switzerland, 1888–1977)
- Evert Willem Beth (Netherlands, 1908–1964)
- Jean-Yves Béziau (Switzerland, born 1965)
- David Blitz (USA)
- Józef Maria Bocheński (Poland, 1902–1995)
- Bernard Bolzano (Austrian Empire, 1781–1848)
- Andrea Bonomì (Italy, born 1940)
- George Boole (UK, 1815–1864)
- George Boolos (USA, 1940–1996)
- Nicolas Bourbaki (pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians, 20th century)
- Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881–1966)
- Francis Burgersdyk (Netherlands, 1590–1629)
C
- Georg Ferdinand Cantor (Germany, 1845–1918)
- Rudolf Carnap (Germany, 1891–1970)
- Lewis Carroll (UK, 1832–1898)
- Chrysippus (Greece, c. 280 BC – c. 207 BC)
- Alonzo Church (USA, 1903–1995)
- Leon Chwistek (Poland, 1884–1944)
- Paul Joseph Cohen (USA, 1934–2007)
- Garlandus Compotista (11th century)
- S. Barry Cooper (UK, born 1943)
- Newton da Costa (Brazil, born 1929)
- William Craig (USA, born 1918)
- Haskell Curry (USA, 1900–1982)
- Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889–1981)
D
- Martin Davis (USA, born 1928)
- Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806–1871)
- Dharmakirti (India, c. 7th century)
- Dignāga (India, fl. 5th century)
- Michael A. E. Dummett (UK, born 1925)
E
- Alexander Esenin-Volpin (Russia, born 1924)
- John Etchemendy (USA, born 1952)
F
- Solomon Feferman (USA, born 1928)
- Richard Ferrybridge (England, 14th century)
- Hartry Field (USA, born 1946)
- Kit Fine (USA, born 1946)
- Matthew Foreman (USA, born 1957)
- Michael Fourman (UK, born 1950)
- Adolf Fraenkel (Germany, 1891–1965)
- Roland Fraïssé (France, 1920–2008)
- Gottlob Frege (Germany, 1848–1925)
- Harvey Friedman (USA)
G
- Dov Gabbay (UK, born 1945)
- L. T. F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians, fl. 1980s–1990s)
- Robin Gandy (Britain, 1919–1995)
- Sol Garfunkel (born 1943)
- Akṣapāda Gautama, author of Nyāya Sūtras (India, c. 2nd century BC)
- Peter Geach (UK, born 1916)
- Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909–1945)
- Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771–1859)
- Jean-Yves Girard (France, born 1947)
- Kurt Gödel (Austria, USA, 1906–1978)
- Siegfried Gottwald (Germany, born 1943)
- Jeroen Groenendijk (Netherlands)
H
- Susan Haack (UK, born 1945)
- Petr Hájek (Czech Republic, born 1941)
- Leo Harrington (USA)
- Robert S. Hartman (Germany, USA, 1910–1973)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
- Jean Van Heijenoort (France, USA, 1912–1986)
- Leon Henkin (USA, 1921–2006)
- Jacques Herbrand (France, 1908–1931)
- Arend Heyting (Netherlands, 1898–1980)
- David Hilbert (Germany, 1862–1943)
- Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, born 1929)
- Alfred Horn (USA, 1918–2001)
- William Alvin Howard (born 1926)
- Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, born 1959)
I
J
- Giorgi Japaridze
- Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1935)
- Richard Jeffrey (USA, 1926–2002)
- Ronald Jensen (USA, Europe, born 1936)
- William Stanley Jevons (England, 1835–1882)
- William Ernest Johnson (Britain, 1858–1931)
- Dick de Jongh (Netherlands, born 1939)
- Bjarni Jónsson (Iceland, born 1920)
- Philip Jourdain (Britain, 1879–1919)
K
- David Kaplan (USA, born 1933)
- Alexander S. Kechris (USA, born 1946)
- Stephen Cole Kleene (USA, 1909–1994)
- Tadeusz Kotarbiński (Poland, 1886–1981)
- Robert Kowalski (USA, UK, born 1941)
- Georg Kreisel (Austria/Britain/USA, born 1923)
- Saul Kripke (USA, born 1940)
- Leopold Kronecker (Germany, 1823–1891)
L
- Christine Ladd-Franklin (USA, 1847–1930)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646–1716)
- Stanisław Leśniewski (Poland, 1886–1939)
- Clarence Irving Lewis (USA, 1883–1964)
- David Kellogg Lewis (USA, 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)
M
- Hugh MacColl (Scotland, 1837–1909)
- Saunders MacLane (USA, 1909–2005)
- Dugald Macpherson (UK)
- Penelope Maddy (USA)
- David Makinson (Australia, UK, born 1941)
- Isaac Malitz (USA, born 1947)
- Ruth Barcan Marcus (USA, born 1921)
- Per Martin-Löf (Sweden, born 1942)
- Donald A. Martin (USA, born 1940)
- Richard Milton Martin (USA, 1916–1985)
- Yuri Matiyasevich (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1947)
- C. A. Meredith (Ireland, 1904–1976)
- Bob Meyer (USA, 1932–2009)
- John Stuart Mill (England, 1806–1873)
- Richard Montague (USA, 1930–1971)
- Yiannis N. Moschovakis (USA, born 1938)
- Andrzej Mostowski (Poland, 1913–1975)
N
- Edward Nelson (USA, born 1942)
- John von Neumann (Hungary, USA, 1903–1957)
- Jean Nicod (France, 1893–1924)
- Pyotr Novikov (Russia/Soviet Union, 1901–1975)
O
- William of Ockham (England, 1285–1349)
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi (Italy, born 1950)
- Ivan Orlov (Russia, 1886–1936)
P
- Jeff Paris (UK)
- Charles Parsons (USA, born 1933)
- Solomon Passy (Bulgaria, born 1956)
- Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858–1932)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (USA, 1839–1914)
- Lorenzo Peña (Spain, born 1944)
- Chaim Perelman (Poland, Belgium, 1912–1984)
- Walter Pitts (USA, 1923–1969)
- Emil Leon Post (USA, 1897–1954)
- Dag Prawitz (Sweden, born 1936)
- Mojżesz Presburger (Poland, 1904–1943)
- Graham Priest (Australia, born 1948)
- Arthur Prior (New Zealand, UK, 1914–1969)
- Hilary Putnam (USA, born 1926)
Q
- Willard Van Orman Quine (USA, 1908–2000)
R
- Michael O. Rabin (Israel, USA, born 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, later Richard Sylvan (New Zealand, 1935–1996)
- Bertrand Russell (UK, 1872–1970)
S
- Gerald Sacks (USA)
- Albert of Saxony (Germany, c. 1316–1390)
- Rolf Schock (USA, Sweden, 1933–1986)
- Moses Schönfinkel (USSR, 1889–1942)
- Ernst Schröder (Germany, 1841–1902)
- Dana Scott (USA, born 1932)
- John Duns Scotus (Britain, France, c. 1266–1308)
- Fyodor Shcherbatskoy (Russia, 1866–1942)
- Saharon Shelah (Israel, born 1945)
- William of Sherwood (England, 1190–1249)
- Hui Shi (China, fl. 4th century BC)
- Christoph von Sigwart (Germany, 1830–1894)
- Raghunatha Siromani (India, 1470s–1550s)
- Thoralf Skolem (Norway 1887–1963)
- Dimiter Skordev (Bulgaria, born 1936)
- Theodore Slaman (USA)
- Raymond Smullyan (USA, born 1919)
- Robert M. Solovay (USA, born 1938)
- Peter of Spain (13th century)
- John R. Steel (USA)
- Martin Stokhof (Netherlands)
- Akṣapāda Gautama (India)
- Richard Sylvan, born Richard Routley (New Zealand, 1935–1996)
T
- Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, born 1926)
- Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902–1983)
- Theophrastus (Greece, 371 - c. 287 BC)
- Pavel Tichý (Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, 1936–1994)
- Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, born 1939)
- Alan Turing (UK, 1912–1954)
- Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866–1938)
U
- Udayana (India, 10th century)
- Alasdair Urquhart (Britain, born 1945)
V
- Nicolai A. Vasiliev (Russia, 1880–1940)
- Robert Lawson Vaught (USA, 1926–2002)
- Paul of Venice (Italy, 1368–1428)
- John Venn (England, 1834–1923)
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, UK, 1889–1951)
- W. Hugh Woodin (USA, born 1955)
- Georg Henrik von Wright (Finland, UK, 1916–2003)
X
Y
- Jin Yuelin (China, 1895–1984)
Z
- Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871–1953)
- Aleksandr Zinovyev (Soviet Union, 1922–2006)
External links
- The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Very complete list of detailed biographies. Many logicians are included.
- A selection of great logicians with detailed bibliographies (in progress)
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