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Dag Prawitz

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Dag Prawitz
Born
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUniversity of Stockholm
Known forNormalization theorems for Natural Deduction
Proof of Takeuti's conjecture
Proof-theoretic semantics
AwardsRolf Schock prize in logic and philosophy
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical Logic
Computer Science
Philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Oslo
University of Stockholm
Doctoral studentsLuiz Carlos Pereira
Peter Schroeder-Heister
Cesare Cozzo

Dag Prawitz (born 1936, Stockholm) is a Swedish philosopher and logician. He is best known for his work on proof theory and the foundations of natural deduction, and for his contributions to proof-theoretic semantics.[1][2]

Prawitz is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,[3] of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters and Antiquity and the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.

Prawitz was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy in 2020.

References

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  1. ^ Prawitz, Dag (1965). Natural Deduction: A Proof-Theoretic Study. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis; Stockholm Studies in Philosophy, 3. Stockholm, Göteborg, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. OCLC 912927896.
  2. ^ Prawitz, Dag (2006). Natural Deduction: A Proof-Theoretic Study. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486446554. OCLC 61296001.
  3. ^ "Gruppe 3: Idéfag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
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