Paul Welsh (philosopher)

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Paul Welsh
BornSeptember 11, 1911
DiedAugust 29, 2004
Education Cornell University (PhD), Bowdoin College (BA)
Spouse(s)Ethel Butcher Van Order (1942 - 1984)
Kathryn Welsh [1]
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Thesis Dewey's theory of inquiry  (1947)

Paul Welsh (September 11, 1911 - August 29, 2004) was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Duke University. [2] He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is known for his works on logic. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "KATHRYN WELSH".
  2. "Paul Welsh '37". Bowdoin College Obituaries. 29 August 2004.
  3. Mayo, Bernard (1976). "FACT, VALUE AND PERCEPTION: Essays in Honor of Charles A. Baylis, Essays in Honor of Charles A Baylis". Philosophical Books. 17 (2): 93–94. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1976.tb01667.x. ISSN   1468-0149.
  4. Snyder, Donald Paul (10 October 1968). "Romane Clark and Paul Welsh. Introduction to logic. D. Van Nostrana Company, Inc., Princeton, N.J., Toronto, New York, London, 1962, xii + 268 pp". The Journal of Symbolic Logic. 33 (3): 479–480. doi:10.2307/2270360. ISSN   0022-4812. JSTOR   2270360. S2CID   123395738.