Hao Wang

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Hao Wang was a Chinese-American logician and philosopher known for his influential work on the foundations of mathematics, computability theory, and his close intellectual association with Kurt Gödel.

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instanceOf Chinese-American ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
human ⓘ
logician ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in logic ⓘ
birthDate 1921-05-20 ⓘ
birthPlace China ⓘ
Jinan ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship China ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1995-05-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
National Southwestern Associated University ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
Rockefeller University ⓘ
familyName Wang ⓘ
fieldOfWork computability theory ⓘ
foundations of mathematics ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
givenName Hao ⓘ
influencedBy Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Kurt Gödel ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
knownFor close intellectual association with Kurt Gödel ⓘ
contributions to philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
work on computability theory ⓘ
work on the foundations of mathematics ⓘ
languageSpoken Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
mainInterest Gödel's incompleteness theorems ⓘ
philosophy of logic ⓘ
recursion theory ⓘ
set theory ⓘ
name Hao Wang ⓘ
notableStudent Hilary Putnam ⓘ
notableWork A Logical Journey: From Gödel to Philosophy ⓘ
Beyond Analytic Philosophy: Doing Justice to What We Know ⓘ
From Mathematics to Philosophy ⓘ
Logic, Computers, and Sets ⓘ
Reflections on Kurt Gödel ⓘ
occupation logician ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
wroteAbout Kurt Gödel ⓘ

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