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A.N. Prior, "Critical notice, The elements of formal logic by Hughes and Londey" [manuscript]
The original manuscript ofA. Prior's review of Hughes & Londey's The elements of formal logic, later published in The Australasian journal of philosophy, vol. 44, 1966. Typed, contains inserted handwritten phrases and symbols, and passages marked…
A.N. Prior, "Definitions, rules and axioms" [manuscript]
The original manuscript of Prior's paper published in The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 56, 1955–56. Typed, with handwritten corrections. The paper was read at the meeting of the Aristotelian Society in London on 28 May 1956, at 7 pm,…
The Times: Mr Arthur Prior, A notable scholar
Additional commentary by A. Kenny on Prior's obituary in The Times. The Times, 17 Oct. 1969.
Memoir of A.N. Prior by Anthony Kenny
A memoir about Arthur Prior's life and work by his colleague and friend Anthony Kenny, written as an obituary for the British Academy. Kenny and Prior were both Philosophy Tutors at Balliol College in Oxford in the years before Prior's death.
Arthur Prior's parents [photograph]
The wedding photograph of Bessie (Elizabeth Munton Rothesay Teague) and Norman Prior. Sitting from left: the youngest sister of Bessie, Monica; Bessie's mother, Mrs. Teague; Bessie, second youngest sister of Bessie, Dora; standing from left:…
A.N. Prior, C.A. Meredith, et al., "Equational & modal logic", Part 1: 'Papers on equational logic' [mimeograph]
A five-part booklet of logic material, compiled by Prior from his and notes by other authors, and mimeographed at the University of Canterbury's Philosophy Department. It is marked as a donation from Prof. A.N. Prior to UC Library, made on 17 October…
The Press: "Government Policy On University 'Shocking'"
Christchurch newspaper The Press made an interview with A.N. Prior on the eve of his departure from New Zealand to the UK, to take up an academic postion at Manchester University.
The Press: "Civil Liberties - Weaknesses Evident in New Zealand Thought"
The text of Prior's address "The Threat to Civil Liberties in New Zealand Today and Tomorrow" at the annual meeting of the Civil Liberties Council in Christchurch in late April 1955, The Press, 4 May 1955
Report in NZ Listener on A.N. Prior's logic talks on BBC: "Playful professor"
Article on Prior's logic talks given for BBC in 1956, during his sabbatical year in the UK, and a photo of Prior, in NZ Listener, 10 May 1957, p. 18
Interview in the NZ Listener with G. Ryle: "Man of Ideas"
Article in NZ Listener, based on an interview with the English philosopher Gilbert Ryle, during his visit to New Zealan in 1954 and a photo of him, published on 24 September 1954, p. 22-23. Among other things,Gilbert Ryle talks about Arthur Prior,…