Melvin Fitting

Melvin Fitting
Melvin Fitting
Born	24 January 1942
Alma mater	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yeshiva University;
Awards	Herbrand Award by CADE, June 2012
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, philosophy, computer science
Institutions	City University of New York
Doctoral advisor	Raymond Smullyan

Melvin Fitting (born January 24, 1942) is a logician with special interests in philosophical logic and tableau proof systems.[lower-alpha 1] He was a Professor at City University of New York, Lehman College and the Graduate Center.[1]^:723–724 from 1968 to 2013. At the Graduate Center he was in the departments of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematics, and at Lehman College he was in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He is now Professor emeritus.

Fitting was born in Troy, New York. His undergraduate degree is from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his doctorate is from Yeshiva University, both in mathematics. His thesis advisor was Raymond Smullyan.

In June 2012 Melvin Fitting was given the Herbrand Award by CADE, for distinguished contributions to automated deduction.[lower-alpha 2]

A loose motivation for much of Melvin Fitting's work can be formulated succinctly as follows. There are many logics. Our principles of reasoning vary with context and subject matter. Multiplicity is one of the glories of modern formal logic. The common thread tying logics together is a concern for what can be said (syntax), what that means (semantics), and relationships between the two. A philosophical position that can be embodied in a formal logic has been shown to be coherent, not correct. Logic is a tool, not a master, but it is an enjoyable tool to use.

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References

Jean-Louis Lassez; Gordon Plotkin, eds. (1991). Computational Logic — Essays in Honor of Alan Robinson. Cambridge/MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-12156-9.

External links

Melvin Fitting, official homepage
The Graduate Center, faculty page at CUNY
Mathematical Genealogy Project

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[goog-1] "Google Scholar Citations report for Melvin Fitting".

[herbrand-3] Leading Mathematics and Computer Sciences Researcher Wins Prestigious Award

[Lassez.Plotkin.1991-2] Jean-Louis Lassez; Gordon Plotkin, eds. (1991). Computational Logic — Essays in Honor of Alan Robinson. Cambridge/MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-12156-9.