Thomas Tymoczko
A. Thomas Tymoczko (September 1, 1943 – August 8, 1996) was a philosopher specializing in logic and the philosophy of mathematics. He taught at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts from 1971 until his death from stomach cancer in 1996, aged 52.[1][2]
His publications include New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics, an edited collection of essays for which he wrote individual introductions, and Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, co-authored by Jim Henle. In addition, he published a number of philosophical articles, such as "The Four-Color Problem and its Philosophical Significance", which argues that the increasing use of computers is changing the nature of mathematical proof.
He is considered to be a member of the fallibilist school in philosophy of mathematics. Philip Kitcher dubbed this school the "maverick" tradition in the philosophy of mathematics. (Paul Ernest)[citation needed]
He completed an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1965, and his PhD from the same university in 1972.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Tymoczko was married to comparative literature scholar Maria Tymoczko of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their three children include music composer Dmitri Tymoczko and Smith College mathematics professor Julianna Tymoczko.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "In Memoriam". AcaMedia. Smith College. September 3, 1996.
- ^ Anellis, Irving H. (1997). "In Memoriam: Thomas Tymoczko". Modern Logic. 7 (1): 82–83. ISSN 1943-7390.
- ^ Tymoczko, Maria (1997), The Irish Ulysses, University of California Press, p. xi, ISBN 9780520209060
- ^ Tymoczko, Maria (2014), Enlarging Translation, Empowering Translators, Routledge, p. 11, ISBN 9781317639336
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