Donald A. Martin wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Donald A. Martin as American logician and mathematician.
Donald A. Martin was born in 1940. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of California, Los Angeles and The Rockefeller University.
The recorded fields of work are set theory, mathematics and mathematical logic.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
The honours record reads: Carol Karp Prize (1988).
That the work was done from United States matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Carol Karp Prize — 1988
- Held posts at University of California, Los Angeles and The Rockefeller University
- Fields: set theory, mathematics and mathematical logic
