Re: Phil Scott

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Very sad news about Phil. I heard recently from mutual friends that he was ill, but I didn't realise it was so serious.

Susan and I got to know him and Marcia when we lived in Canada in the 80s (a great time for categorical logic) and we have been friends ever since. Our paths didn't cross recently and now it's too late to catch up. :-(

Andy



On 19 Dec 2023, at 04:10, Richard Blute <rblute@uottawa.ca> wrote:



It is with great sadness that we convey the news to the category theory community that our good friend and colleague Phil Scott passed away this morning (18th December, 2023) after a long battle with cancer.

Phil’s many contributions to category theory are well known. Phil and Jim Lambek essentially invented the field of categorical proof theory with a series of papers that culminated in the book “Introduction To Higher-Order Categorical Logic”, which is still the standard text on the subject. Phil’s research went well beyond these initial works: he made major contributions to theoretical computer science, linear logic, inverse semigroup theory and recursion theory.

Those of us who knew him personally will always think of him as a mentor, a friend and a genuinely kind soul.

Rick Blute
Robin Cockett
Simon Henry



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