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    Meredith — Carmelics
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    Meredith

    contemporaryMathematical Logic / Tense Logic

    1904 – 1976

    Carew Arthur Meredith (1904–1976) was an Irish logician best known for his contributions to propositional calculus and tense logic. Working alongside A.N. Prior, he helped formalize the logical treatment of time and future contingents, producing notably compact axiom systems for classical and modal logics.

    Notable Achievements

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    Co-developed formal tense logic with A.N. Prior, including treatment of future contingencies

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    Discovered unusually short single axioms for classical propositional calculus

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    Contributed to the formalization of modal and temporal operators (P, F, H, G)

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    Challenged the validity of standard tense-logical inferences involving future contingents

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Modality & Possibility

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    The second 'broad assumption' (¬p ∧ ¬Fp) → P¬Fp is not true when p refers to a future contingency

    Free Will & Foreknowledge

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    The second 'broad assumption' (¬p ∧ ¬Fp) → P¬Fp is not true when p refers to a future contingency

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    Mathematical Logic / Tense Logic

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    Free Will & Foreknowledge1
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