John Corcoran was a good friend of Alfred Tarski and he prepared a long introduction to the 2nd edition of the collection of Tarski's papers *Logic, Semantics and Metamathematics* (papers from his time in Poland): https://www.hackettpublishing.com/logic-semantics-metamathematics Tarski liked very much this introduction, thinking that Corcoran had been able to connect all his research interests/works. Thanks to Corcoran we have the posthumous publication of Tarski's famous piece "What are logical notions?". I recently wrote a paper about this piece: *The Mystery of the Fifth Logical Notion (Alice in the Wonderful Land of Logical Notions)" http://www.jyb-logic.org/ALICE I was in touch with Corcoran about that and he helped me to improve the paper. JYB
Le mer. 13 janv. 2021 à 14:06, jean-yves beziau <jyb.logic...@gmail.com> a écrit : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Corcoran_(logician) > ------------------------------------- > De : Lynn Corcoran > > Dear Jean-Yves > > I write to you with sad news. John passed away on Friday, January 8. > > As I was going through his recent emails, I saw your posting of World > Logic Day tomorrow, January 14. I’m sure you are very busy at the moment, > but if it would be possible to announce John’s death, please do so. > > Before he died, John had asked me to notify you and to tell you how much > he appreciated your friendship, as well as your enthusiastic and > imaginative support of logic. He greatly enjoyed his participation in the > conference you organized in Istanbul. I accompanied him on that trip and > it was a wonderful experience for both of us. > > John became ill suddenly with a blood infection. Aggressive antibiotic > treatment over the next two weeks was not successful. He entered hospice, > where he received the care of extraordinary people. > > Until the day he became ill, he was working on new papers and abstracts, > supervising new translations of some of his papers into Arabic, Turkish, > Spanish and German, and as always, mentoring young scholars via email. He > lived a long and happy life, fully engaged in this world. > > In keeping with John’s long-standing wishes, there will be no funeral or > memorial service. > > Best, > Lynn > > > -- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para logica-l+unsubscr...@dimap.ufrn.br. Para ver esta discussão na web, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAF2zFLAfCRud8Fj6N5Yqb8q7ri8G8n8O%3D55L4Q23aQgCMkkr_g%40mail.gmail.com.
