Dag Prawitz | |
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Born | 1936 (age 88–89) |
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Known for | Normalization theorems for Natural Deduction Proof of Takeuti's conjecture Curry-Howard correspondence Proof-theoretic semantics Prawitz's conjecture on the identity of proofs |
Awards | Rolf Schock prize in logic and philosophy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematical Logic Computer Science Philosophy |
Institutions | University of Oslo Stockholm University |
Doctoral students | Luiz Carlos Pereira Peter Schroeder-Heister Cesare Cozzo |
Dag Prawitz (born 1936,Stockholm) is a Swedishphilosopher andlogician. He is best known for his work onproof theory and the foundations ofnatural deduction, and for his contributions toproof-theoretic semantics.[1][2]
Prawitz is a member of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters,[3] of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Letters and Antiquity and theRoyal Swedish Academy of Science.
Prawitz was awarded theRolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy in 2020.
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