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Stephen Cole Kleene

Stephen Cole Kleene

American Mathematician

Born: Jan 5, 1909

Died: Jan 25, 1994

Church Logic Mathematics Princeton Think Year

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When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that. Stephen Cole Kleene

Well, I think Barkley and I were the only two who were working with Church for a Ph.D. Stephen Cole Kleene

Church Think Only Well Were Working Who Two

The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received. Stephen Cole Kleene

Job First Wisconsin Academic Genuine Offer Which Received University

It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church. Stephen Cole Kleene

Work Church Year Until Got Actually Second

I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor. Stephen Cole Kleene

Princeton Fall Instructor

I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy. Stephen Cole Kleene

Mathematics Princeton Philosophy Split Between Where Interests Amherst

I think Veblen had an interest in logic. Stephen Cole Kleene

Think Logic Had Interest

I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief. Stephen Cole Kleene

I don't think Post often came to Princeton during the '30s. I can't remember ever seeing him in Princeton. Stephen Cole Kleene

Post Remember Princeton Think Seeing Him Came Often Ever

Here at Wisconsin we didn't get an undergraduate course in mathematical logic until the '60s. Stephen Cole Kleene

Logic Wisconsin Until Undergraduate Course Mathematical Get Here

For example, the philosophers who were interested in logic were probably rather logical for mathematicians. But the ASL got us together, so we could talk to each other and publish in the same journal. Stephen Cole Kleene

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