Paul Benacerraf, preeminent philosopher of mathematics, Princeton alumnus and ‘life-changing teacher,’ dies at 93
Paul Benacerraf, preeminent philosopher of mathematics, Princeton alumnus and ‘life-changing teacher,’ dies at 93
www.princeton.edu Paul Benacerraf, preeminent philosopher of mathematics, Princeton alumnus and ‘life-changing teacher,’ dies at 93
His two early papers “What Numbers Could Not Be” (1965) and “Mathematical Truth” (1973) became instant classics. The second one would come to be called “the Benacerraf problem."