Max Cresswell

Max Cresswell
Born
Maxwell John Cresswell

(1939-11-19) 19 November 1939 (age 85)
Wellington, New Zealand
Died(2024-09-22)22 September 2024
Alma materVictoria University of Manchester
RelativesLyell Cresswell (brother)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
ThesisGeneral and Specific Logics of Functions of Propositions (1964)
Doctoral advisorG. E. Hughes, A. N. Prior
Main interests
Modal logic, metaphysics, formal semantics
Notable ideas
Semantics of degree
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Maxwell John Cresswell (19 November 1939--22 September 2024) was a New Zealand philosopher and logician, known for his work in modal logic.[1][2]

  1. ^ Festschrift for Max Cresswell on the occasion of his 65th birthday. In: Logique et Analyse. Number 181, March 2003 (published November 2004). See the introduction by Thomas Forster.
  2. ^ Max Cresswell, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria U. of Wellington