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" I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor. "
Stephen Cole Kleene
Fall
Instructor
Princeton
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" 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. "
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" And what I learned in Church's course. He trained us intensively in his new system, which he was just developing. Two papers were presented. I think the second paper wasn't published until well after the course was finished. "
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" I had a liberal arts education at Amherst College where I had two majors, mathematics and philosophy. "
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" I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic. "
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" As I say, there was this movement to try to bring philosophers and mathematicians together into an organization where they would talk to each other. An organization wasn't effective unless you had a journal. That's about all I know. "
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" The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received. "
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Job
" I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy. "
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" I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two. "
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Europe
" In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine. "
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Family Farm
Family
" I don't think Post often came to Princeton during the '30s. I can't remember ever seeing him in Princeton. "
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Seeing
Remember
" I think Veblen had an interest in logic. "
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Had
" Those three years ended with June 1933. At that time I left Princeton, having submitted my Ph.D. thesis. "
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Time
Three
" It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church. "
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Second
Year
Until