Arthur Prior

Arthur Norman Prior
Arthur Prior in Wakefield 1959
Prior in 1959
Born(1914-12-04)4 December 1914
Masterton, New Zealand
Died6 October 1969(1969-10-06) (aged 54)
Trondheim, Norway
EducationUniversity of Otago (B.A., 1935; M.A., 1937)[1]
Spouses
  • Clare Hunter
  • Mary Wilkinson
RelativesIan Prior (half-brother)
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsCanterbury University College
Academic advisorsJ. N. Findlay[1]
Doctoral studentsMax Cresswell
Kit Fine
Other notable studentsGenevieve Lloyd[5]
Jonathan Bennett[5]
Richard Routley
Main interests
Notable ideas

Arthur Norman Prior (4 December 1914 – 6 October 1969), usually cited as A. N. Prior, was a New Zealand–born logician and philosopher. Prior (1957) founded tense logic, now also known as temporal logic, and made important contributions to intensional logic, particularly in Prior (1971).

  1. ^ a b Arthur Prior (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  2. ^ Mary Prior and Arthur Prior, "Erotetic Logic", The Philosophical Review 64(1) (1955): pp. 43–59 doi:10.2307/2182232.
  3. ^ Andrew Bacon, John Hawthorne & Gabriel Uzquiano, "Higher-order free logic and the Prior-Kaplan paradox", Canadian Journal of Philosophy 46(4–5): 493–541 (2016).
  4. ^ McNamara, Paul. "Deontic Logic". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  5. ^ a b "Tree – David Chalmers". Retrieved 22 July 2020.