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John Corcoran (/ ˈ k ɔːr k ər ən / KOR-kər-ən; March 20, 1937 – January 8, 2021) was an American logician, philosopher, mathematician, and historian of logic.
John Corcoran (/ ˈ k ɔːr k ər ən / KOR-kər-ən; born in 1939) is an American author and the founder of the John Corcoran foundation. He is severely dyslexic and read at a second-grade level until the age of 48.
Aug 17, 2016 · John Corcoran, 77, is a former teacher who could not read or write until age 48. He founded a foundation to help others with learning difficulties and became a national spokesperson for adult literacy.
Professor of Philosophy, University of Buffalo - Cited by 5,645 - logic - aristotle - boole - tarski
John Corcoran was a very well-known logician who worked on several areas of logic. He produced decisive works giving a better understanding of two major figures in the history of logic, Aristotle and Boole. Corcoran had a close association with Alfred Tarski, a prominent 20th-century logician.
May 14, 2024 · When in 1987 I first took John Corcoran’s Introduction to Logic for Advanced Students seminar as a graduate student in philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, I entered it with considerable fear and trembling. Logic had never been a strong...
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This man held onto the ultimate secret — graduating college, becoming a self-made millionaire, and teaching students for 17 years without knowing how to read...
