Franco Burgersdijk

Franco Burgersdijk
Portrait of Burgersdijk
Born3 May 1590
Died19 February 1639
OccupationRector at Leiden University
Academic work
DisciplineLogic, moral philosophy
Idea philosophiae naturalis
(Leiden, Elzevier, 1635)

Franco Petri Burgersdijk, or Franciscus Burgersdicius (born Franck Pieterszoon Burgersdijk; 3 May 1590 – 19 February 1635), was a Dutch logician who worked as a professor of logic and moral philosophy and rector at Leiden University. Franco Burgersdijk's teaching helped raise the profile of logic and philosophy in Dutch universities.[citation needed]