Martin Davis: An Overview of his Work in Logic, Computer Science, and Philosophy
Abstract In his autobiographical essay written in 1999, ‘From logic to computer science and back’, Martin David Davis (1928 3 8–2023 1 1) indicated that he viewed himself as a logician and a computer scientist. He expanded the essay in 2016 and expressed a new perspective through a changed title, ‘M...
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| Published in: | Philosophia mathematica Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 425 - 450 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
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| ISSN: | 0031-8019, 1744-6406 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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In his autobiographical essay written in 1999, ‘From logic to computer science and back’, Martin David Davis (1928 3 8–2023 1 1) indicated that he viewed himself as a logician and a computer scientist. He expanded the essay in 2016 and expressed a new perspective through a changed title, ‘My life as a logician’. He points out that logic was the unifying theme underlying his scientific career. Our paper attempts to provide a consistent vision that illuminates Davis’s successive contributions leading to his landmark writings on computability, unsolvable problems, automated reasoning, as well as the history and philosophy of computing. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-8019 1744-6406 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/philmat/nkaf016 |