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'''Warren David Goldfarb''' (born 1949) is Walter Beverly Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic at [[Harvard University]]. He specializes in the history of [[analytic philosophy]] and in logic, most notably the classical [[Decidability (logic)|decision problem]].
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'''Warren David Goldfarb''' (born 1949) is Walter Beverly Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic at [[Harvard University]]. He specializes in the history of [[analytic philosophy]] and in logic, most notably the classical [[Decidability (logic)|decision problem]].


==Education and career==
==Education and career==


He received his Ph.D. in [[philosophy]] from [[Harvard University]] under the supervisoin of [[Burton Dreben]], and has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 1975. He received [[tenure]] in 1982, the only philosopher to be promoted to tenure at Harvard between 1962 and 1999.<ref>[http://chronicle.com/weekly/v45/i35/35a05601.htm Harvard Tenures First Philosopher in 17 Years], [[The Chronicle of Higher Education]], May 7, 1999.</ref>
He received his A.B. and [[philosophy]] Ph.D. from [[Harvard University]] under the supervision of [[Burton Dreben]], and has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 1975. He received [[tenure]] in 1982, the only philosopher to be promoted to tenure at Harvard between 1962 and 1999.<ref>[http://chronicle.com/weekly/v45/i35/35a05601.htm Harvard Tenures First Philosopher in 17 Years], [[The Chronicle of Higher Education]], May 7, 1999.</ref>


Prof. Goldfarb is also one of the founders of the [[Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus]] and was one of the first openly gay Harvard faculty members.<ref>[http://hglc.org/about/whoswho.html Who's Who: About Us], Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus.</ref><ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=174942 Gay Faculty Become Activists], Melissa Lee and Anna D. Wilde, [[Harvard Crimson]], April 23, 1993.</ref>
Prof. Goldfarb is also one of the founders of the [[Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus]] and was one of the first openly gay Harvard faculty members.<ref>[http://hglc.org/about/whoswho.html Who's Who: About Us], Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus.</ref><ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=174942 Gay Faculty Become Activists], Melissa Lee and Anna D. Wilde, [[Harvard Crimson]], April 23, 1993.</ref>
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Goldfarb was an editor of volumes III–V of [[Kurt Gödel]]'s ''Collected Works''. He has also published articles on important analytic philosophers, including [[Frege]], [[Bertrand Russell|Russell]], [[Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein's]] early and later work, [[Carnap]] and [[Willard Van Orman Quine|Quine]].<ref>"The Goldfarb Panel," Warren Goldfarb on Quine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_tSuKAOGSY</ref>
Goldfarb was an editor of volumes III–V of [[Kurt Gödel]]'s ''Collected Works''. He has also published articles on important analytic philosophers, including [[Frege]], [[Bertrand Russell|Russell]], [[Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein's]] early and later work, [[Carnap]] and [[Willard Van Orman Quine|Quine]].<ref>"The Goldfarb Panel," Warren Goldfarb on Quine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_tSuKAOGSY</ref>


==Selected publicatoins==
==Selected publications==

===Books===

*''The Decision Problem: Solvable Classes of Quantificational Formulas'', Addison-Wesley, 1979. {{ISBN|0-201-02540-X}} (with [[Burton Dreben]]).
*''Deductive Logic'', Hackett, 2003.

===Articles===


*"Logic in the Twenties: the Nature of the Quantifier," ''The Journal of Symbolic Logic'' (1979)
*''The decision problem: Solvable classes of quantificational formulas'', with [[Burton Dreben]]).
*"I want you to bring me a slab: Remarks on the opening sections of the ''Philosophical Investigations,''" ''Synthese'' (1983)
*"Kripke on Wittgenstein on Rules," ''The Journal of Philosophy'' (1985)
*"Poincare Against the Logicists," in ''History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics'' (University of Minnesota Press, 1987)
*"Wittgenstein on Understanding," ''Midwest Studies in Philosophy'' (1992)
*"Frege's Conception of Logic," in ''Future Pasts: The Analytic Tradition in the 20th Century,'' Juliet Floyd and Sanford Shieh, editors (Oxford University Press, 2001)
*“Rule-Following Revisited," in ''Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mind,'' Jonathan Ellis and Daniel Guevara, editors (Oxford University Press, 2012).
* {{cite journal | author-mask=0| url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304397581900402/pdf?md5=ebe7687d034498bb76c4ea9c5df56f84&pid=1-s2.0-0304397581900402-main.pdf | doi=10.1016/0304-3975(81)90040-2 | author=Warren D. Goldfarb | title=The Undecidability of the Second-Order Unification Problem | journal=Theoretical Computer Science | volume=13 | pages=225&ndash;230 | year=1981 }}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:08, 29 January 2024

Warren D. Goldfarb
Born1949
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsHarvard University
Main interests
logic, history of analytic philosophy

Warren David Goldfarb (born 1949) is Walter Beverly Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic at Harvard University. He specializes in the history of analytic philosophy and in logic, most notably the classical decision problem.

Education and career[edit]

He received his A.B. and philosophy Ph.D. from Harvard University under the supervision of Burton Dreben, and has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 1975. He received tenure in 1982, the only philosopher to be promoted to tenure at Harvard between 1962 and 1999.[1]

Prof. Goldfarb is also one of the founders of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus and was one of the first openly gay Harvard faculty members.[2][3]

Philosophical work[edit]

Goldfarb was an editor of volumes III–V of Kurt Gödel's Collected Works. He has also published articles on important analytic philosophers, including Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein's early and later work, Carnap and Quine.[4]

Selected publications[edit]

Books[edit]

  • The Decision Problem: Solvable Classes of Quantificational Formulas, Addison-Wesley, 1979. ISBN 0-201-02540-X (with Burton Dreben).
  • Deductive Logic, Hackett, 2003.

Articles[edit]

  • "Logic in the Twenties: the Nature of the Quantifier," The Journal of Symbolic Logic (1979)
  • "I want you to bring me a slab: Remarks on the opening sections of the Philosophical Investigations," Synthese (1983)
  • "Kripke on Wittgenstein on Rules," The Journal of Philosophy (1985)
  • "Poincare Against the Logicists," in History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics (University of Minnesota Press, 1987)
  • "Wittgenstein on Understanding," Midwest Studies in Philosophy (1992)
  • "Frege's Conception of Logic," in Future Pasts: The Analytic Tradition in the 20th Century, Juliet Floyd and Sanford Shieh, editors (Oxford University Press, 2001)
  • “Rule-Following Revisited," in Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mind, Jonathan Ellis and Daniel Guevara, editors (Oxford University Press, 2012).
  • "The Undecidability of the Second-Order Unification Problem" (PDF). Theoretical Computer Science. 13: 225–230. 1981. doi:10.1016/0304-3975(81)90040-2.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Harvard Tenures First Philosopher in 17 Years, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 1999.
  2. ^ Who's Who: About Us, Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus.
  3. ^ Gay Faculty Become Activists, Melissa Lee and Anna D. Wilde, Harvard Crimson, April 23, 1993.
  4. ^ "The Goldfarb Panel," Warren Goldfarb on Quine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_tSuKAOGSY

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