Solomon Feferman
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Solomon Feferman was an American logician and philosopher of mathematics known for his influential work on proof theory, predicativity, and the foundations and history of mathematical logic.
All labels observed (2)
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| Solomon Feferman canonical | 3 |
| Feferman | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Solomon Feferman Context triple: [Kurt Gödel, influenced, Solomon Feferman]
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Martin Davis
Martin Davis was an American mathematician and logician renowned for his foundational work in computability theory and the Entscheidungsproblem, including contributions to the Davis–Putnam algorithm.
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John Alan Robinson
John Alan Robinson was a pioneering logician and computer scientist best known for introducing the resolution principle, a fundamental method in automated theorem proving and logic programming.
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Saul Kripke
Saul Kripke was an American philosopher and logician renowned for his groundbreaking work in modal logic, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics, particularly his theories of naming and necessity.
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Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen was an American mathematician renowned for developing the method of forcing and proving the independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory.
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Kurt Gödel
Kurt Gödel was a pioneering logician and mathematician best known for his incompleteness theorems, which fundamentally transformed the foundations of mathematics and logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Solomon Feferman Target entity description: Solomon Feferman was an American logician and philosopher of mathematics known for his influential work on proof theory, predicativity, and the foundations and history of mathematical logic.
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A.
Martin Davis
Martin Davis was an American mathematician and logician renowned for his foundational work in computability theory and the Entscheidungsproblem, including contributions to the Davis–Putnam algorithm.
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B.
John Alan Robinson
John Alan Robinson was a pioneering logician and computer scientist best known for introducing the resolution principle, a fundamental method in automated theorem proving and logic programming.
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C.
Saul Kripke
Saul Kripke was an American philosopher and logician renowned for his groundbreaking work in modal logic, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics, particularly his theories of naming and necessity.
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D.
Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen was an American mathematician renowned for developing the method of forcing and proving the independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory.
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E.
Kurt Gödel
Kurt Gödel was a pioneering logician and mathematician best known for his incompleteness theorems, which fundamentally transformed the foundations of mathematics and logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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logician ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher of mathematics ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| coEditorOf |
Gödel's Nachlass (literary estate)
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surface form:
Kurt Gödel: Collected Works
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-12-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-07-26 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Alfred Tarski ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Solomon Feferman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Feferman
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| fieldOfWork |
foundations of mathematics
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history of logic ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ proof theory ⓘ |
| givenName |
King Solomon
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surface form:
Solomon
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| influencedBy |
Alfred Tarski
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Gerhard Gentzen ⓘ Kurt Gödel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historical studies of mathematical logic
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work on foundations of mathematical logic ⓘ work on predicativity ⓘ work on proof theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Solomon Feferman self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Feferman–Schütte ordinal ⓘ |
| notableWork |
From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879–1931
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In the Light of Logic ⓘ Gödel's Nachlass (literary estate) ⓘ
surface form:
Kurt Gödel: Collected Works
The Number Systems ⓘ |
| occupation |
logician
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philosopher ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Stanford, California ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
ordinal analysis
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predicative mathematics ⓘ type theories ⓘ |
| spouse | Anita Burdman Feferman ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
foundations of set theory
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history of proof theory ⓘ predicativity in mathematics ⓘ work of Alfred Tarski ⓘ work of Kurt Gödel ⓘ |
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Feferman