Dag Prawitz#
Full CV
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