DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-Y085-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/tarski-alfred-1901-83/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/tarski-alfred-1901-83/v-1
Article Summary
Alfred Tarski was a Polish mathematician and logician. He worked in metamathematics and semantics, set theory, algebra and the foundations of geometry. Some of his logical works, in particular his definition of truth, were also significant contributions to philosophy. He was a successful teacher and a master of writing simply and with great clarity about complicated matters.
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Murawski, Roman. Tarski, Alfred (1901–83), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-Y085-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/tarski-alfred-1901-83/v-1.
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Murawski, Roman. Tarski, Alfred (1901–83), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-Y085-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/tarski-alfred-1901-83/v-1.
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