Elliott Mendelson (May 24, 1931 – May 7, 2020) was an American logician. He was a professor of

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at Queens College of the City University of New York, and the Graduate Center, CUNY. He was Jr. Fellow, Society of Fellows,

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, 1956–58.

Career

Mendelson earned his BA from

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and PhD from

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. Mendelson taught mathematics at the college level for more than 30 years, and is the author of books on

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and

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. His ''Introduction to Mathematical Logic'', first published in 1964, was reviewed by Dirk van Dalen who noted that it included "a large variety of subjects that should be part of the education of any mathematics student with an interest in foundational matters." Dirk van Dalen (1969
Review: Introduction to Mathematical Logic

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34(1): 110,1

Books

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Journal articles

* P. C. Gilmore, Donald A. Martin & Elliott Mendelson (1975). ''Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic''. ''

'' 40 (2):299-304. * Hugues Leblanc, Elliott Mendelson & Alex Orenstein (1984). Preface. ''

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'' 60 (1). * Elliott Mendelson (2005). Book Review: Igor Lavrov, Larisa Maksimova, ''Problems in Set Theory, Mathematical Logic and the Theory of Algorithms'', Edited by Giovanna Corsi, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 2003, Us$141.00, Pp. XII + 282, , Hardbound. '' Studia Logica'' 79 (3). * Elliott Mendelson (2000). Critical Studies/Book Reviews. '' Philosophia Mathematica'' 8 (3). * Elliott Mendelson (2007).

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. ''Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity''. ''Philosophia Mathematica'' 15 (3). * Elliott Mendelson (1956) "Some Proofs of Independence in Axiomatic Set Theory", ''Journal of Symbolic Logic'' 21(3): 291–303. * Elliott Mendelson (1990) "Second Thoughts About Church's Thesis and Mathematical Proofs", ''

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'' 87(5): 225–233. * Elliott Mendelson (1956) "The Independence of a Weak Axiom of Choice", ''Journal of Symbolic Logic'' 21(4): 350–366. * Sidney Morgenbesser & Elliott Mendelson (1966) "Annual Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic", ''Journal of Symbolic Logic'' 31(4):682-696.

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American logicians American philosophers of mathematics 20th-century American philosophers Queens College, City University of New York faculty 2020 deaths 1931 births Columbia College (New York) alumni Cornell University alumni {{US-philosopher-stub