Jerzy Słupecki Explained

Jerzy Słupecki (1904–1987) was a Polish mathematician and logician.

Life

He attended the seminar of, and wrote a 1938 doctorate under, Jan Łukasiewicz.^{[1] [2]}

During WWII he was active in Żegota.^[3]

In 1963, when at Wroclaw University, where he had been since 1945, he became editor of Studia Logica.^{[4] [5]}

Works

Słupecki showed how the many-valued logics of Łukasiewicz could be included in the theory of Post systems, and gave a functionally complete version of the three-valued logic.^[6] In the logic of categorical sentences, he found a rule that made the theory decidable;^[7] his work on Aristotle's logic, from 1948, was later reprinted in French.^[8]

He also continued the work of Stanisław Leśniewski, and wrote on his system ("protothetics") in 1953, in Studia Logica.^{[9] [10]} A survey, "The Logical Works of Jerzy Slupecki", appeared in Studia Logica XLVIII (1989), by Jan Woleński and Jan Zygmunt.^[11]

He published:

• Z zagadnień logiki i filozofii: pisma wybrane (1961, editor), selected works of Jan Łukasiewicz^[12]
• Elements of Mathematical Logic and Set Theory (1967)^[13]

External links

• Selection from Jan Woleński and Jan Zygmunt, "Jerzy Słupecki (1904–1987): Life and Work", Studia Logica 48 (1989), 401–411

Notes and References

1. Book: Roman Murawski. The Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic in the 1920s and 1930s in Poland. 27 August 2014. Springer. 978-3-0348-0831-6. 63.
2. Book: Andrew McFarland. Joanna McFarland. James Smith. Alfred Tarski: Early Work in Poland—Geometry and Teaching. 11 August 2014. Springer. 978-1-4939-1474-6. 198.
3. Woleński. Jan. Zygmunt. Jan. 1989. Jerzy Słupecki (1904-1987): Life and Work. Studia Logica . 48. 4. 401–411. 10.1007/BF00370196. 20015455. 35722973. 0039-3215.
4. Book: Vincent F. Hendricks. Jacek Malinowski. Trends in Logic: 50 Years of Studia Logica. 9 March 2013. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-94-017-3598-8. 23.
5. Book: Sandra Lapointe . Jan Wolenski . Mathieu Marion . Wioletta Miskiewicz . The Golden Age of Polish Philosophy: Kazimierz Twardowski's Philosophical Legacy . 19 May 2009. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-90-481-2401-5. 9.
6. Book: Alonzo Church. Introduction to Mathematical Logic. 1996. Princeton University Press. 0-691-02906-7. 162.
7. Book: Liliana Albertazzi. Aristote au XIXe siècle. 2004. Presses Univ. Septentrion. 978-2-85939-864-4. 403. fr.
8. Book: Roger Pouivet. Manuel Rebuschi. La philosophie en Pologne: 1918-1939. 2006. Vrin. 978-2-7116-1824-8. 179. fr.
9. Book: Dov M. Gabbay. John Woods. Logic from Russell to Church. 16 June 2009. Elsevier. 978-0-08-088547-6. 318.
10. Book: Alonzo Church. Introduction to Mathematical Logic. 1996. Princeton University Press. 0-691-02906-7. 153.
11. Book: K. Mulligan. K. Kijania-PLacek. T. Placek . Katarzyna Kijania-Placek . The History and Philosophy of Polish Logic: Essays in Honour of Jan Woleński . 26 January 2016. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 978-1-137-03089-4.
12. Book: Jan Łukasiewicz. Z zagadnień logiki i filozofii: pisma wybrane. 1961. Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe.
13. Book: Jerzy Słupecki. Ludwik Borkowski. Elements of mathematical logic and set theory. registration. 1967. Pergamon Press.