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Name: John Corcoran

Address: Department of Philosophy
              State University of New York at Buffalo
              Buffalo, New York 14260
              (716) 645-2444
              corcoran@buffalo.edu

Education:

University of California-Berkeley 1964-65 Mathematics
Yeshiva University 1963-64 Mathematics
Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. 1963 Philosophy
Johns Hopkins University M.A. 1962 Philosophy
Johns Hopkins University B.E.S. 1959 Mechanical Engr.

Secondary Schooling: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1952-56

Ph.D. Thesis: Generative Structure of Two-valued Logic Robert McNaughton, Supervisor

Academic Positions:

• SUNY-Buffalo, Professor of Philosophy, 1973-Present
• University of Santiago de Compostela, Visiting Professor, Summer 1994
• Linguistic Institute, Visiting Scholar, 1976
  NSF Project Director, 1971
• SUNY-Buffalo, Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1969-73
• University of Michigan, Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy 1969-70
• University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Linguistics 1965-69
• University of California-Berkeley, Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy 1964-65
• Johns Hopkins University, Jr. Instructor in Philosophy
  1961-62

Areas of Specialization:

Philosophy of Logic, History of Logic, Mathematical Logic, Linguistics, Philosophy of Mathematics

Philosophic Interests:

Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Philosophy

Recent Honors:

• 2006 Profesor Invitado, Chuaqui Jornadas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
• 2003 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• 2002 Sustained Achievement Award, University of Buffalo
• 1999 Festschrift special double issue of History and Philosophy of Logic

Selected Invitations:

2006 Mathematics and Philosophy, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
2006 Philosophy, Universidad Catolica de Chile
2005 Conference on Universal Logic, Montreux
2005 University of South Florida at Tampa
2003 Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York City
2003 Tarski Symposium Universidade
       Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2003 Corcoran Symposium University
       of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2003 University of South Florida at Tampa
2001 San Francisco State University
2001 McMaster University
2000 Bryn Mawr College
2000 Berkeley Logic Colloquium
1998 American Mathematical Society,
       History of Mathematical Logic
1998 Stanford University Logic Group
1997 Fragments of Science Symposium
1996 International Truth Colloquium, 500th Anniversary
       of University of Santiago, Spain
1994 Semantics of Science Symposium, Santiago, Spain
1991 Gödel Symposium, Swiss Logic Society, Neuchâtel
1991 History of Logic Conference, University of Texas
       at Austin
1991 Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Chicago
1991 Aristotle Conference, Manhattan, KS
1989 Latin American Symposium on Mathematical Logic,
       Brazil
1988 Council for Philosophic Studies Visiting Professor
       at Kansas State University
1986 Ohio University Inference Conference

Special Activities, Committees, etc.:

• American Philosophical Association, Logic Program Advisory Committee 2001-2004
• Chancellor's Advisory Committee, SUNY, Chair, 1994
• Faculty of Social Sciences Policy Committee, University of Buffalo, 1985-87, Chair 1987
• Editorial Board, History of Logic, 1982-present
• Founding Member, Editorial Board, History and Philosophy of Logic, 1979-present
• Faculty Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure, University of Buffalo, 1975-78
• Nominating Committee, Association for Symbolic Logic, 1974-75
• Faculty Board, College of Mathematical Sciences, University of Buffalo, 1973-80
• Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy, University of Buffalo, 1971-75
• NSF Research Seminar, Linguistic Institute, Project Director, 1971
• Buffalo Logic Colloquium, founder, 1970, Chair, 1970-77, 1980-83, 1986-2002, 2004-5
• Mathematical Reviews, Regular Reviewer, author of 86 reviews1969-1994
• Philadelphia Logic Colloquium, co-founder 1965, Chair 1965-69
• Graduate Group in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-69
• Graduate Group in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-69
• Graduate Group in Logic and Methodology, Berkeley, 1964-65

Other Experience:

• IBM Research Center, Staff member June 1963-August 1964, Program of research and study in linguistics and logic
• General Electric Research Center, mathematician May-September 1962, Program of research in theory of automata
• Unisys Research Center, May-September 1961, Program of research in computer science

May 26, 2006

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