Notícia triste! itala Em qua., 13 de jan. de 2021 às 16:31, jean-yves beziau < [email protected]> escreveu:
> John Corcoran was a good friend of Alfred Tarski and he prepared a long > introduction to the 2nd edition of the collection of Tarski's papers *Logic, > Semantics and Metamathematics* (papers from his time in Poland): > https://www.hackettpublishing.com/logic-semantics-metamathematics > Tarski liked very much this introduction, thinking that Corcoran had been > able to connect all his research interests/works. > Thanks to Corcoran we have the posthumous publication of Tarski's famous > piece "What are logical notions?". > I recently wrote a paper about this piece: > *The Mystery of the Fifth Logical Notion > (Alice in the Wonderful Land of Logical Notions)" > http://www.jyb-logic.org/ALICE > I was in touch with Corcoran about that and he helped me to improve the > paper. > JYB > > > > > Le mer. 13 janv. 2021 à 14:06, jean-yves beziau <[email protected]> > a écrit : > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Corcoran_(logician) >> ------------------------------------- >> De : Lynn Corcoran >> >> Dear Jean-Yves >> >> I write to you with sad news. John passed away on Friday, January 8. >> >> As I was going through his recent emails, I saw your posting of World >> Logic Day tomorrow, January 14. I’m sure you are very busy at the moment, >> but if it would be possible to announce John’s death, please do so. >> >> Before he died, John had asked me to notify you and to tell you how much >> he appreciated your friendship, as well as your enthusiastic and >> imaginative support of logic. He greatly enjoyed his participation in the >> conference you organized in Istanbul. I accompanied him on that trip and >> it was a wonderful experience for both of us. >> >> John became ill suddenly with a blood infection. Aggressive antibiotic >> treatment over the next two weeks was not successful. He entered hospice, >> where he received the care of extraordinary people. >> >> Until the day he became ill, he was working on new papers and abstracts, >> supervising new translations of some of his papers into Arabic, Turkish, >> Spanish and German, and as always, mentoring young scholars via email. He >> lived a long and happy life, fully engaged in this world. >> >> In keeping with John’s long-standing wishes, there will be no funeral or >> memorial service. >> >> Best, >> Lynn >> >> >> -- > Você recebeu essa mensagem porque está inscrito no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos > Grupos do Google. > Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie > um e-mail para [email protected]. > Para ver essa discussão na Web, acesse > https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAF2zFLAfCRud8Fj6N5Yqb8q7ri8G8n8O%3D55L4Q23aQgCMkkr_g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAF2zFLAfCRud8Fj6N5Yqb8q7ri8G8n8O%3D55L4Q23aQgCMkkr_g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Prof. Dr. Itala M. Loffredo D'Ottaviano Full Professor in Logic and the Foundations of Science Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science University of Campinas -- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para [email protected]. Para ver esta discussão na web, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAGi1dG7XamSKGbkhe2coc8M001dpdz0y4T_AKN2gWk-an3XQ2A%40mail.gmail.com.
