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Dag Prawitz

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Dag Prawitz
Born1936 (age 88–89)
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUniversity of Stockholm
Known forNormalization theorems for Natural Deduction
Proof of Takeuti's conjecture
Curry-Howard correspondence
Proof-theoretic semantics
Prawitz's conjecture on the identity of proofs
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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