Properties (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Author
Logician Mathematician |
| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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| gptkbp:awards |
Fellow_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society
Lifetime_Achievement_Award_from_the_Association_for_Symbolic_Logic |
| gptkbp:born |
May 25, 1919
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| gptkbp:children |
2
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Popularized logic puzzles in literature.
Explored the relationship between logic and philosophy. Created_the_'Knights_and_Knaves'_puzzles. Developed_the_concept_of_'Smullyan's_paradoxes'. |
| gptkbp:died |
February 6, 2017
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."
"The only thing that can be said about the future is that it is uncertain." "Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence." "The only way to get rid of a problem is to solve it." "The truth is always a little bit stranger than fiction." |
| gptkbp:field |
Mathematics
Philosophy |
| gptkbp:hobbies |
Playing the piano
Philosophical discussions Playing chess Writing fiction |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Raymond Smullyan
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Gottlob_Frege
gptkb:Lewis_Carroll gptkb:Bertrand_Russell Kurt Gödel |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Philosophical writings
Logic puzzles Recreational mathematics |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:notableWorks |
gptkb:The_Chess_Mysteries_of_Sherlock_Holmes
Forever Undecided The Lady or the Tiger? What Is the Name of This Book? |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:California
gptkb:Indiana gptkb:New_York_City |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Dorothy_Smullyan
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