Background
Corcoran, John was born on March 20, 1937 in Baltimore. Son of John Patrick and Dorothy Cecilia (Schaffer) Corcoran.
Corcoran, John was born on March 20, 1937 in Baltimore. Son of John Patrick and Dorothy Cecilia (Schaffer) Corcoran.
Bachelor in Engineering Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 1959; Master of Arts in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1963.
Mathematician, International Business Machines Corporation Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1963-1964; assistant professor linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1965-1969; associate professor philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969-1974; professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1974. Visiting associate professor philosophy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969-1970. Visiting lecturer philosophy University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1965.
Member Society Ancient Greek Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Association for Symbolic Logic.
Married Lynn Hurlbert.