Cooper Harold Langford

Cooper Harold Langford
Born(1895-08-25)August 25, 1895
Dublin, Logan County, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedAugust 28, 1964(1964-08-28) (aged 69)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
ChildrenCooper H. Langford
Education
EducationUniversity of Arkansas
Clark University (AB, 1920)
Harvard University (PhD, 1924)
University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor
Edwin Boring
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School
Analytic philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan (1929–1964)
University of Washington (1927–1929)
Harvard University (1925–1927)
Doctoral students
Arthur Burks
Main interests
Mathematical logic
Notable ideas
Langford–Moore paradox
Langford substitution test

Cooper Harold Langford (25 August 1895 – 28 August 1964) was an American analytic philosopher and mathematical logician who co-authored the book Symbolic Logic (1932) with C. I. Lewis. He is also known for introducing the Langford–Moore paradox.

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