American - Mathematician | January 5, 1909 - January 25, 1994
I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.
Stephen Cole Kleene
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I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy.
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When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that.
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Well, I think Barkley and I were the only two who were working with Church for a Ph.D.
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Those three years ended with June 1933. At that time I left Princeton, having submitted my Ph.D. thesis.
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The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received.
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It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church.
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In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine.
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I'm sure Church got some of his ideas from this trip to Europe.
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I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.
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I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.
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I think Veblen had an interest in logic.
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