Archive of David Bostock

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MS. 23743.2

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Comprises drafts and notes for book reviews, with some correspondence.

'Categories & significance: Oxford Lectures - c 1974', [manuscript].
'Logic & arithmetic II'. Appendix I: Parts; Appendix II: Fundamental numerical comparison [typescript, 1978].
'Logic & arithmetic II'. Appendix III: The traditional axioms; Appendix IV: Fractions & ratios [typescript, 1978].
'Logic & arithmetic II'. Appendix V: The theory of proportion [typescript, 1978].
'Type-neutrality: problems with the original TN5', [manuscript, 1979].
'Type-neutrality: problems with the Burali-Forti paradox', [manuscript, 1979].
Notes for book reviews and related correspondence, 1989-2007, n.d.

Dates

Creation: [1974-1979], 1989-2007, n.d.

Extent

0.15 Linear metres

Language of Materials

English

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MS. 23743.2

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CMD ID 23743.2

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Abstract

Archive of David Bostock, [1974-1979], 1989-2007, n.d.

Biographical / Historical

David Bostock (1936-2019) was a philosopher. Having read Literae Humaniores at St John's College, Oxford, under Paul Grice, Bostock held stipendiary posts at Leicester University (1963-1964), the Australian National University at Canberra (1964-1967), and Harvard University (1967-1968). He was elected Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Merton College, Oxford in 1968 and remained in this post until his retirement in 2004.

Bostock pursued two distinct disciplines of philosophy, ancient philosophy and philosophy of mathematics. It was the latter that was the subject of his magnum opus Logic and Arithmetic, vol. 1 (1974) and vol. 2 (1979).

Further details of his life and work can be found in a form of an appreciation on the website of Merton College, Oxford.