Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
years church
It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church.
philosophy philosophical able
I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief.
maybe studied
I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two.
interested logical publish rather
For example, the philosophers who were interested in logic were probably rather logical for mathematicians. But the ASL got us together, so we could talk to each other and publish in the same journal.
thinking vision remember
I don't think Post often came to Princeton during the '30s. I can't remember ever seeing him in Princeton.
thinking europe two
I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two.
jobs wisconsin firsts
The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received.
fall maine my-family
In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine.
Well, I think Barkley and I were the only two who were working with Church for a Ph.D.
fall half-time princeton
I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.
thinking logic interest
I think Veblen had an interest in logic.
book two sensual
I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.