Frederic Brenton Fitch

Frederic Brenton Fitch (* 1908, † 1987) was an American logician and the developer of the Fitch - calculus. In his 1963 essay published "A Logical Analysis of Some Value Concepts" he proves " Theorem 5" (originally by Alonzo Church), which later became famous in the context of the paradox of possible knowledge. Fitch was a professor at Yale University.

Bibliography

• Symbolic Logic, An Introduction. Frederic Fitch, The Ronald Press Company, 1952
• A Logical Analysis of Some Value Concepts, Frederic Fitch, 1963
• "The Perfection of Perfection, " Process and Divinity, William L. Reese and Eugene Freeman, eds. LaSalle, Ill.: Open Court, 1964

Publications

• " Symbolic Logic, An Introduction ", The Ronald Press Company, 1952
• "A Logical Analysis of Some Value Concepts", The Journal of Symbolic Logic, 28, 1963
• "A revision of Hohfeld 's Theory of Legal Concepts", Logique et Analysis, 10, 1967