"There can be no doubt that the knowledge of logic is of considerable practical importance for everyone who desires to think and infer correctly."
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Introduction to Logic: and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences. (1941/2013) Tr. Olaf Helmer, p. 109.
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Alfred Tarski
(Jan. 14, 1901 – Oct. 26, 1983) was a Polish logician, mathematician and philosopher. He served as Professor at the . He is known for his work on , , and . He also made significant contributions to abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.
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