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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Peter Corcoran to Isaac H. Kempner forwarding a check to Harris Kempner
Corcoran Reviews the 4 Volumes of Tarski’s Collected Papers
No full textCORCORAN REVIEWS THE 4 VOLUMES OF TARSKI’S COLLECTED PAPERS Alfred Tarski (1901--1983) is widely regarded as one of the two giants of twentieth-century logic and also as one of the four greatest logicians of all time (Aristotle, Frege and Gödel being the other three). Of the four, Tarski was the most prolific as a logician. The four volumes of his collected papers, which exclude most of his 19 monographs, span over 2500 pages. Aristotle's writings are comparable in volume, but most of the Aristotelian corpus is not about logic, whereas virtually everything written by Tarski concerns logic more or less directly. There is no doubt that Tarski wrote more on logic than any other author; he started publishing on logic in 1921 at the age of 20 and continued until his death at the age of 82
Peter Corcoran was denied tenure by Bates College, despite glowing student evalu
No full textPeter Corcoran was denied tenure by Bates College, despite glowing student evaluations and being credited with transforming the Education Department into a model in only four years. The ensuing controversy, and Corcoran\u27s appeal of the decision, is prompting the school to re-examine the tenure process. Two other Bates tenure decisions, involving Val Carnegie and Laurie Teal, have also spurred controversy. Controversial tenure decisions at Colby College and within the University of Maine System have also led to public protest and made newspaper headlines. Details
Recent Decisions
No full textComments on recent decisions by J. Patrick O\u27Malley, Peter H. Lousberg, David J. Eardley, James M. Corcoran, Jr., Joseph B. Joyce, James E. Murray, Edmund L. White, Berry L. Reece, Jr., A. J. Deutsch, and George N. Tompkins, Jr
Recent Decisions
No full textComments on recent decisions by J. Patrick O\u27Malley, Peter H. Lousberg, David J. Eardley, James M. Corcoran, Jr., Joseph B. Joyce, James E. Murray, Edmund L. White, Berry L. Reece, Jr., A. J. Deutsch, and George N. Tompkins, Jr
Recent Decisions
No full textComments on recent decisions by J. Patrick O\u27Malley, Peter H. Lousberg, David J. Eardley, James M. Corcoran, Jr., Joseph B. Joyce, James E. Murray, Edmund L. White, Berry L. Reece, Jr., A. J. Deutsch, and George N. Tompkins, Jr
Young People, Education and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives and Practice by Peter Blaze and Philip M. Osano
No full textReviewed Work: Young People, Education and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives and Practice by Peter Blaze and Philip M. Osan
Setting the agenda for parking research in other cities
No full textThe chapter reflects on the 12 case studies discussed in the book and considers their implications for future research. At the end of the chapter, a new agenda for parking research in large cities is set out.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Spatial Planning and Strateg
sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231174782 - Supplemental material for Assessing the physiological effect of non-driving-related task performance in conditionally automated driving systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231174782 for Assessing the physiological effect of non-driving-related task performance in conditionally automated driving systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Rory Coyne, Leona Ryan, Mohamed Moustafa, Alan F Smeaton, Peter Corcoran and Jane C Walsh in DIGITAL HEALTH</p
Corcoran recommends Hambourger on the Frege-Russell number definition
No full textIt is widely agreed by philosophers that the so-called “Frege-Russell definition of natural number” is actually an assertion concerning the nature of the numbers and that it cannot be regarded as a definition in the ordinary mathematical sense. On the basis of the reasoning in this paper it is clear that the Frege-Russell definition contradicts the following three principles (taken together): (1) each number is the same entity in each possible world, (2) each number exists in each possible world, (3) some entities existing in the actual world do not exist in every possible world. Since these principles seem to be true, the paper is a refutation of the Frege-Russell definition. The paper does more. It shows that the contradictory of the Frege-Russell definition follows even when principles 2 and 3 are replaced by one considerably weaker principle. The ideas contained in the paper are related to two earlier objections to the definition. The first, sometimes attributed to the mathematician, C. S. Keyser, is that existence of the numbers as defined implies the existence of infinitely many particulars in each possible world. The second is, in effect, an idea which is said to have led Whitehead to reject the definition of number to which he had subscribed in Principia Mathematica. Whitehead is supposed to have said that he could not believe that the number two changes every “time twins are born”. The mathematician H. Jeffreys expressed similar ideas [Philos. of Sci. 5 (1938), 434–451]. One of the merits of the author’s work is that it refutes the Frege-Russell definition without the need to take sides on controversial points presupposed by the Keyser and Whitehead objections. The objections made by the author are therefore not to be identified with the Keyser and Whitehead objections. Even if the author’s work is to be regarded as a refinement and integration of previous ideas, it is nevertheless a contribution—not only because the basic points are well worth repeating but also because the refinements are logically significant improvements and because the author has stated them clearly and concisely in the idiom of contemporary philosophy
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