Arthur Prior

Arthur Norman Prior
Arthur Norman Prior
	Prior in 1959
Born	4 December 1914; Masterton, New Zealand
Died	6 October 1969 (aged 54); Trondheim, Norway
Education	University of Otago (B.A., 1935; M.A., 1937)
Spouses	Clare Hunter; Mary Wilkinson;
Relatives	Ian Prior (half-brother)
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	Canterbury University College
Academic advisors	J. N. Findlay
Doctoral students	Max Cresswell; Kit Fine
Other notable students	Genevieve Lloyd; Jonathan Bennett; Richard Routley
Main interests	Philosophical logic; modal logic;
Notable ideas	Tense logic; hybrid logic; intensional logic; erotetic logic; Prior's tonk; Prior's intensional paradox; Prior's paradox of derived obligation;

Arthur Norman Prior (4 December 1914 – 6 October 1969), usually cited as A. N. Prior, was a New Zealand–born logician and philosopher. Prior (1957) founded tense logic, now also known as temporal logic, and made important contributions to intensional logic, particularly in Prior (1971).

^ ^a ^b Arthur Prior (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^ Mary Prior and Arthur Prior, "Erotetic Logic", The Philosophical Review 64(1) (1955): pp. 43–59 doi:10.2307/2182232.
^ Andrew Bacon, John Hawthorne & Gabriel Uzquiano, "Higher-order free logic and the Prior-Kaplan paradox", Canadian Journal of Philosophy 46(4–5): 493–541 (2016).
^ McNamara, Paul. "Deontic Logic". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
^ ^a ^b "Tree – David Chalmers". Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[SEP-1] Arthur Prior (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

[2] Mary Prior and Arthur Prior, "Erotetic Logic", The Philosophical Review 64(1) (1955): pp. 43–59 doi:10.2307/2182232.

[3] Andrew Bacon, John Hawthorne & Gabriel Uzquiano, "Higher-order free logic and the Prior-Kaplan paradox", Canadian Journal of Philosophy 46(4–5): 493–541 (2016).

[4] McNamara, Paul. "Deontic Logic". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

[:0-5] "Tree – David Chalmers". Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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Arthur Norman Prior
Prior in 1959
Born	(1914-12-04)4 December 1914 Masterton, New Zealand
Died	6 October 1969(1969-10-06) (aged 54) Trondheim, Norway
Education	University of Otago (B.A., 1935; M.A., 1937)^[1]
Spouses	Clare Hunter Mary Wilkinson
Relatives	Ian Prior (half-brother)

School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	Canterbury University College
Academic advisors	J. N. Findlay^[1]
Doctoral students	Max Cresswell Kit Fine
Other notable students	Genevieve Lloyd^[5] Jonathan Bennett^[5] Richard Routley
Main interests	Philosophical logic modal logic
Notable ideas	Tense logic hybrid logic intensional logic erotetic logic^[2] Prior's tonk Prior's intensional paradox^[3] Prior's paradox of derived obligation^[4]