Ruth Barcan Marcus 1921 – 2012
Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921 – 2012) was an American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy.
Ruth Barcan Marcus was an American philosopher and logician and one of the principal architects of twentieth-century quantified modal logic. Her doctoral thesis, written in 1946, contained the formal system now known as the Barcan formula and laid the foundation for the philosophical interpretation of modal logic that would later be developed by Kripke, Lewis, and others. She defended a direct-reference theory of names well before its more famous later articulation, made important contributions to deontic logic and ethics, and held the Halleck Professorship at Yale. Her Modalities collects her major essays.
Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Analytic Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Ruth Barcan Marcus:
“Modal logic must be taken seriously, not as a mere device.”
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Attributed to Ruth Barcan Marcus:
“Names are tags for objects; reference is fixed by use.”
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Attributed to Ruth Barcan Marcus:
“Possible worlds semantics requires modal commitment.”
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Attributed to Ruth Barcan Marcus:
“Moral conflicts are real, even if no consistent set of rules can resolve them.”
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Attributed to Ruth Barcan Marcus:
“Logic is the most general framework for any rational thought.”
Ruth Barcan Marcus by topic
Frequently asked about Ruth Barcan Marcus
- When did Ruth Barcan Marcus live?
- Ruth Barcan Marcus was born in 1921 and died in 2012.
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- Ruth Barcan Marcus was an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
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- Ruth Barcan Marcus was associated with Analytic Philosophy.
- What was Ruth Barcan Marcus known for?
- Ruth Barcan Marcus was an American philosopher and logician and one of the principal architects of twentieth-century quantified modal logic.
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