Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science, Vol. 7, No. 4, March 1989

Tokyo: Japan Association for Philosophy of Science , 1989. Near Fine condition. 18 cm x 25.5 cm. Bound in the original pale yellow wrappers. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This issue contains 5 papers -- all in English. List of bibliographical references after each article. ANNALS OF THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE publishes papers on topics such as the foundations of mathematics, the interpretation of quantum mechanics, logic of belief revision, the nature of natural laws, and naturalized epistemology. This is one of several dozen books and periodicals from Alonzo Church's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Several of the books contain his signature, or a presentation inscription to him. Unfortunately, this copy does not have those signs of his ownership. [But please check our inventory for several others that do]. Alonzo Church (1903 - 1995) was professor of mathematics at Princeton University (1929-1967) and of mathematics and philosophy at UCLA (1967-1990). He was the founding editor of the JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. Among his most influential contributions are Church's Theorem, Church's Thesis, and the Lambda Calculus. His work was of major importance in mathematical logic, recursion theory, theoretical computer science, and functional programming languages in general. Professor Church's creation of lambda calculus was the foundation for the LISP programming language and provided the semantic model for ALGOL. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, British Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Church is regarded by many as the greatest American logician of the 20th century. [For more on Church's contributions, see items 250, 251, 321, 394, and 533 in Hook and Norman's ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE, A LIBRARY ON THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING...]. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. pp. 163-210. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.