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A logician is a person who studies
logic. Some famous logicians are listed below in
English
alphabetical
transliteration order (by
surname).
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Peter Abelard (France, 1079–1142)
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Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896–1962)
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Sergei Adian (Russia/Soviet Union/Armenia, 1931–2020)
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Rodolphus Agricola (Germany, 1443/1444–1485)
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Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (Poland, 1890–1963)
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Alcuin (England/France, c. 735–804)
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Alan Ross Anderson (US, 1924–1972)
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Peter B. Andrews (US, born 1938)
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Thomas Aquinas (Italy/France, 1225–1274)
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Lennart Åqvist (Sweden, born 1932)
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Aristotle (Greece, 384–322 BCE)
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Heiric of Auxerre (France, 841–876)
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Bahmanyār (Iran, died 1067)
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Jayanta Bhatta (India, 850–910)
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Alexander Bain (UK, 1818–1903)
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Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915–1975)
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Ruth Barcan Marcus (US, 1921–2012)
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Henk Barendregt (Netherlands, born 1947)
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Jon Barwise (US, 1942–2000)
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James Earl Baumgartner (US, 1943–2011)
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John Lane Bell (UK and Canada, born 1945)
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Nuel Belnap (US, born 1931)
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Paul Benacerraf (US, born 1931)
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Jean Paul Van Bendegem (Belgium, born 1953)
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Johan van Benthem (Netherlands, born 1949)
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Paul Bernays (Switzerland, 1888–1977)
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Evert Willem Beth (Netherlands, 1908–1964)
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Jean-Yves Béziau (Switzerland, born 1965)
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Józef Maria Bocheński (Poland, 1902–1995)
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Boethius (Rome/Ostrogothic Kingdom, c. 480–524/525)
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Bernard Bolzano (Austrian Empire, 1781–1848)
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Andrea Bonomi (Italy, born 1940)
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George Boole (England/Ireland, 1815–1864)
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George Boolos (US, 1940–1996)
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Nicolas Bourbaki (pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians, 20th century)
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Thomas Bradwardine (England, c. 1290–26 August 1349)
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Richard Brinkley (England, died c. 1379)
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881–1966)
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Alan Richard Bundy (UK, born 1947)
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Franco Burgersdijk (Netherlands, 1590–1629)
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Jean Buridan (France, c. 1300–post 1358)
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Walter Burley (England, c. 1275–1344/5)
C
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Chanakya (India, Mouryan Empire, 371–285 BC)
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Georg Ferdinand Cantor (Germany, 1845–1918)
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Rudolf Carnap (Germany, 1891–1970)
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Lewis Carroll (UK, 1832–1898)
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Categoriae decem (Latin, fifth century)
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Gregory Chaitin (Argentina/US, born 1947)
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Chrysippus (Greece, c. 280 BC – c. 207 BC)
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Alonzo Church (US, 1903–1995)
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Leon Chwistek (Poland, 1884–1944)
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Gordon H. Clark (US, 1902–1985)
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Paul Joseph Cohen (US, 1934–2007)
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Conimbricenses, name by which Jesuits of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) were known (1591–1606)
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S. Barry Cooper (UK, 1943–2015)
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Jack Copeland (UK, born 1950)
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Thierry Coquand (France, born 1961)
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John Corcoran (US, 1937–2021)
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Newton da Costa (Brazil, born 1929)
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William Craig (US, 1918–2016)
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Haskell Curry (US, 1900–1982)
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Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889–1981)
D
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Dirk van Dalen (Netherlands, born 1932)
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Martin Davis (US, 1928–2023)
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Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806–1871)
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René Descartes (France, 1596–1650)
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Dharmakirti (India, c. 7th century)
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Dignāga (India, fl. 5th century)
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Diodorus Cronus (Greece, 4th–3rd century BC)
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Martin Dorp (Netherlands, c. 1485–1525)
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John Dumbleton (England, died c. 1349)
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Michael A. E. Dummett (UK, 1925–2011)
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Jon Michael Dunn (US, 1941–2021)
E
F
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Solomon Feferman (US, 1928–2016)
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Richard Ferrybridge (England, 14th century)
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Hartry Field (US, born 1946)
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Kit Fine (US, born 1946)
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Melvin Fitting (US, born 1942)
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Graeme Forbes (Scotland, 20th century)
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Matthew Foreman (US, born 1957)
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Michael Fourman (UK, born 1950)
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Roland Fraïssé (France, 1920–2008)
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Abraham Fraenkel (Germany, 1891–1965)
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Gottlob Frege (Germany, 1848–1925)
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Harvey Friedman (US, born 1948)
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Dov Gabbay (UK, born 1945)
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Haim Gaifman (US, born 1934)
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L. T. F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians, fl. 1980s–1990s)
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Robin Gandy (UK, 1919–1995)
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Sol Garfunkel (US, born 1943)
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Garlandus Compotista (France, c. 11th century)
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Akṣapāda Gautama, author of Nyāya Sūtras and founder of
Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy (India, c. 6th century BC to 2nd century CE)
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Gangesha Upadhyaya, author of Tattvacintāmaṇi (A Thought-Jewel of Truth) and founder of
Navya-Nyāya (India, c. 14th century CE)
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Peter Geach (UK, 1916–2013)
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Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909–1945)
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Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771–1859)
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Gilbert de la Porrée (France, 1070–1154)
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Jean-Yves Girard (France, born 1947)
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Kurt Gödel (Austria, US, 1906–1978)
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Reuben Louis Goodstein (England, 1912–1985)
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Valentin Goranko (Bulgaria/Sweden, born 1959)
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Siegfried Gottwald (Germany, 1943–2015)
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Jeroen Groenendijk (Netherlands, born 1949)
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Susan Haack (UK, born 1945)
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Petr Hájek (Czech Republic, 1941–2016)
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Leo Harrington (US, born 1946)
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Robert S. Hartman (Germany/US, 1910–1973)
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Germany, 1770–1831)
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Jean Van Heijenoort (France/US, 1912–1986)
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Leon Henkin (US, 1921–2006)
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Jacques Herbrand (France, 1908–1931)
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Arend Heyting (Netherlands, 1898–1980)
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David Hilbert (Germany, 1862–1943)
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Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, 1929–2015)
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Alfred Horn (US, 1918–2001)
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William Alvin Howard (US, born 1926)
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Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, born 1959)
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Gérard Huet (France, born 1947)
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J
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Giorgi Japaridze (Georgia, 20th century)
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Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1965)
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Richard Jeffrey (US, 1926–2002)
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Ronald Jensen (US, Europe, born 1936)
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William Stanley Jevons (England, 1835–1882)
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John of St. Thomas/John Poinsot (Portugal/Spain, 1589–1644)
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William Ernest Johnson (UK, 1858–1931)
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Dick de Jongh (Netherlands, born 1939)
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Bjarni Jónsson (Iceland, 1920–2016)
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Philip Jourdain (UK, 1879–1919)
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Joachim Jungius (Germany, 1587–1657)
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Jñanasrimitra (India, 10th century)
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David Kaplan (US, born 1933)
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Alexander S. Kechris (US, born 1946)
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Howard Jerome Keisler (US, born 1936)
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Ahmed Raza Khan (India, 1856–1921)
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Richard Kilvington (England, c. 1305–1361)
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Robert Kilwardby (England, c. 1215–1279)
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Stephen Cole Kleene (US, 1909–1994)
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Tadeusz Kotarbiński (Poland, 1886–1981)
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Robert Kowalski (US, UK, born 1941)
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Georg Kreisel (Austria/Britain/US, 1923–2015)
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Saul Kripke (US, 1940–2022)
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Leopold Kronecker (Germany, 1823–1891)
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Kenneth Kunen (US, 1943–2020)
L
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Christine Ladd-Franklin (US, 1847–1930)
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Joachim Lambek (Canada, 1922–2014)
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Johann Heinrich Lambert (France/Germany, 1728–1777)
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Karel Lambert (US, born 1928)
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646–1716)
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Stanisław Leśniewski (Poland, 1886–1939)
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Clarence Irving Lewis (US, 1883–1964)
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David Kellogg Lewis (US, 1941–2001)
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Adolf Lindenbaum (Poland, 1904–1941)
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Per Lindström (Sweden, 1936–2009)
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Ramon Llull (Spain, 1232–1315)
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Martin Löb (Germany, 1921–2006)
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Paul Lorenzen (Germany, 1915–1994)
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Jerzy Łoś (Poland, 1920–1998)
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Hermann Lotze (Germany, 1817–1881)
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Leopold Löwenheim (Germany, 1878–1957)
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Jan Łukasiewicz (Poland, 1878–1956)
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Hugh MacColl (Scotland, 1837–1909)
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Saunders Mac Lane (US, 1909–2005)
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Dugald Macpherson (UK, 20th century)
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Penelope Maddy (US, born 1950)
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John Mair (Scotland, 1467–1550)
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David Makinson (Australia, UK, born 1941)
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Isaac Malitz (US, born 1947)
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María Manzano (Spain, born 1950)
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Gary R. Mar (US, born 1952)
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Ruth Barcan Marcus (US, 1921–2012)
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Donald A. Martin (US, born 1940)
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Richard Milton Martin (US, 1916–1985)
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Per Martin-Löf (Sweden, born 1942)
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Pavel Materna (Czech Republic, born 1930)
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Yuri Matiyasevich (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1947)
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C. A. Meredith (Ireland, 1904–1976)
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Bob Meyer (US, 1932–2009)
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John Stuart Mill (England, 1806–1873)
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Grigori Mints (Soviet Union/Estonia/US, 1939–2014)
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Richard Montague (US, 1930–1971)
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Yiannis N. Moschovakis (US, born 1938)
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Andrzej Mostowski (Poland, 1913–1975)
N
O
P
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John Pagus (France, fl. 1220–1229)
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Jeff Paris (UK, born 1944)
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Charles Parsons (US, born 1933)
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Solomon Passy (Bulgaria, born 1956)
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Paul of Venice (Italy, 1369–1429)
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Christine Paulin-Mohring (France, born 1962)
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Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858–1932)
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Dan Pedersen (US, born, 1945)
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Charles Sanders Peirce (US, 1839–1914)
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Lorenzo Peña (Spain, born 1944)
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Chaïm Perelman (Poland, Belgium, 1912–1984)
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Rózsa Péter (Hungary, 1905–1977)
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Paolo da Pergola (Italy, died 1455)
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Peter of Spain (13th century, usually assumed to be
Pope John XXI)
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Philo the Dialectician (Greece, 4th–3rd century BC)
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Walter Pitts (US, 1923–1969)
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Porphyry (c. 234–c. 305)
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Henry Pogorzelski (US, 1922–2015)
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Emil Leon Post (US, 1897–1954)
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Dag Prawitz (Sweden, born 1936)
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Mojżesz Presburger (Poland, 1904–1943)
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Graham Priest (Australia, born 1948)
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Arthur Prior (New Zealand, UK, 1914–1969)
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Hilary Putnam (US, 1926–2016)
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Plato (Greek, 427–347 B.C.)
Q
R
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Michael O. Rabin (Israel, US, born 1931)
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Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (Romania, 1868–1957)
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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (UK, 1903–1930)
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Petrus Ramus (France, 1515–1572)
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Helena Rasiowa (Poland, 1917–1994)
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Carveth Read (UK, 1848–1931)
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Abraham Robinson (Israel, UK, Canada, US, 1918–1974)
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Raphael M. Robinson (US, 1911–1995)
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Julia Robinson (US, 1919–1985)
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J. Barkley Rosser (US, 1907–1989)
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Richard Routley, later Richard Sylvan (New Zealand, 1935–1996)
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Frederick Rowbottom (UK, 1938–2009)
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Ian Rumfitt (UK, 20th century)
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Bertrand Russell (UK, 1872–1970)
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Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (Italy, 1667–1733)
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Raghunatha Siromani (India, c. 1477–1547)
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Gerald Sacks (US, 1933–2019)
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Albert of Saxony (Germany, c. 1316–1390)
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Rolf Schock (US, Sweden, 1933–1986)
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Moses Schönfinkel (USSR, 1889–1942)
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Ernst Schröder (Germany, 1841–1902)
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Kurt Schütte (Germany, 1909–1998)
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Dana Scott (US, born 1932)
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Sedulius Scottus (Ireland/France, fl. 840–860)
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John Duns Scotus (UK, France, c. 1266–1308)
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Stewart Shapiro (US, born 1951)
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Fyodor Shcherbatskoy (Russia, 1866–1942)
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Saharon Shelah (Israel, born 1945)
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Gila Sher (Israel/US)
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William of Sherwood (England, 1190–1249)
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Hui Shi (China, fl. 4th century BC)
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Simplicius of Cilicia (Turkey/Iran, c. 490–c. 560)
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Raghunatha Siromani (India, 1470s–1550s)
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Thoralf Skolem (Norway 1887–1963)
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Dimiter Skordev (Bulgaria, born 1936)
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Theodore Slaman (US, born 1954)
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Raymond Smullyan (US, 1919–2017)
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William of Soissons (France, 12th century)
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Robert M. Solovay (US, born 1938)
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Richard the Sophister (fl. late 13th century)
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Peter of Spain (13th century)
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Mr. Spock (Vulcan, born 23rd century)
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John R. Steel (US, born 1948)
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Martin Stokhof (Netherlands, born 1950)
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Ralph Strode (England, fl. 1350–1400)
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Richard Swineshead (England, fl. c. 1340–1354)
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Richard Sylvan, born Richard Routley (New Zealand, 1935–1996)
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Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, 1926–2017)
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Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902–1983)
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Theophrastus (Greece, 371–c. 287 BC)
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Pavel Tichý (Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, 1936–1994)
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Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (Germany, 1802–1872)
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Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, 1939–2019)
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Alan Turing (UK, 1912–1954)
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Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866–1938)
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Thales Of Miletus (Turkey, 626 BC – 545 BC)
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W
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Hao Wang (China/US, 1921–1995)
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Isaac Watts (England, 1674–1748)
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Richard Whately (England, 1787–1863)
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Alfred North Whitehead (UK, 1861–1947)
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, UK, 1889–1951)
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Christian Wolff (Germany, 1679–1754)
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W. Hugh Woodin (US, born 1955)
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John Woods (Canada, born 1937)
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Georg Henrik von Wright (Finland, UK, 1916–2003)
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