Dag Prawitz#


Full CV(info)

Born in Stockholm 16 May 1936, professor emeritus since 2001

Education, degrees and titles
  • 1955-56 Junior student, Wisconsin University, USA
  • 1956-57 Studies in philosophy, psychology, and mathematics, Stockholm University
  • 1957 'Filosofie kandidat' (B.A.), Stockholm University
  • 1960 'Filosofie licentiat' in Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University
  • 1982, 1 term Studies in logic at Universität Münster, Germany
  • 1965 'Filosofie doktor' (Ph. D.), Stockholm University
  • 1965 'Docent' in Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University

Military service
  • 1960-61 Conscript psychologist

Academic positions and visits
  • 1964 spring Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California Los Angeles, USA
  • 1965-67 'Docent' (associate professor) of Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University
  • 1967-69 'Docent' (associate professor) of Theoretical Philosophy, Lund University
  • 1969 spring Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, USA
  • 1969-70 Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stanford, USA
  • 1970-71 'Docent' (associate professor) of Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University
  • 1971-77 Professor of Philosophy, Oslo University, Norway
  • 1975-76 Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, England
  • 1976-2001 Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University
  • 1987-90 Scientific adviser, SICS, the Swedish Institute of Computer Science
  • 1983 Visiting Professor, Rome University, "La Sapienza", Italy
  • 1991 autumn Research fellow, SCASSS, Uppsala, Sweden
  • 2001- Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University
  • 2006 April "Kant lectures" at Stanford University, USA
  • 2007 Feb-April Fellow at Institute of Advanced Studies, Bologna, Italy

Prizes
  • 2007 Medal for Science 2007, the Institute of Advanced Studies, Bologna Academies
  • 1981- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, member
  • Chairman of the Class of Humanities and Other Sciences, 1995-98
  • Member of the governing board of the Academy, 1995-98
  • Chairman of the Committee for the Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy, 1991-99, Associate member, 2004-2008
  • 1984- 'Institut International de Philosophie', member
  • Vice President, 1991-94
  • 1987- Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, member
  • Member of its governing board, 1991-95
  • Member of its council of confidence, 2006-
  • 1989- Academia Europaea, member
  • Chairman of the Subject Committee of Philosophy, 1989-91
  • 1989- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, foreign member
  • 2000- The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, foreign member

Academic assignments, Swedish (selected)
  • Editor of Theoria, 1967-69
  • Chairman, Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, 1977-87
  • Vice Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Stockholm University, 1978-81, 1987-90
  • Manager of the Publishing House Thales, 1985-2004
  • Member of the Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1986-92, Vice President *1989-90, Chairman of priority committees 1986-92
  • Chairman of the Swedish National Committee for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy, 1988-95, Member 1996-2008
  • President of The Rolf Schock Foundation, 1988-97
  • Member of the Swedish Council for the Planning and Coordination of Research, 1989-90
  • Member of the Environmental Research Council, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 1992-95
  • Chairman of the Committee for Evaluating Philosophy, the National Agency for Higher Education, 2004-05, expert 2008-2009
  • Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Norwegian Philosophy and History of Ideas, The Research Council of Norway, 2009-

Academic assignments, international (selected)
  • Member of the Council of the Association for Symbolic Logic, 1968-69
  • Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, International Union of the Philosophy and History of Science, Assessor 1987-91, 1st Vice President 1991-95, Chairman of the Organization Committee of the 9th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Uppsala 1991

Member of the Editorial Boards of
  • Journal of Philosophical Logic, 1972-2003
  • Studies in Proof Theory, Bibliopolis, 1982-95
  • Journal of Symbolic Computation, 1985-90
  • Journal of Logic and Computation, 1991-93
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