Peter Naur Introduction:

• Born 1928, Danish scientist with mag. scient. in astronomy in 1949 and dr. phil. in 1957.
• Worked at Københavns Universitets Astronomiske Observatorium from 1953-59, then at Regnecentralen and lectured at Danmarks Tekniske Højskole and Niels Bohr Institute from 1959-69, and was professor of Datalogi at Københavns Universitet from 1969-98. Awarded IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Medal in 1986 and ACM A. M. Turing Award in 2005.

ACM Turing Award 2005:

• Naur won the 2005 Turing-award (also known as the "Nobel-prize of computing science").
• The prize will be presented in San Francisco on May 20, 2006.
• Brief citation: For fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming.

Works on Mental Life:

• "The neural embodiment of mental life by the synapse-state theory": Mental life arises from excitation activity in a neural network. Habits are embodied in synapse states. It accounts for various aspects like the stream of thought, attention, sensations, etc. (Download: HERE)
• "Neural impairments in a case of Alzheimer’s disease": Symptoms in a case of Alzheimer's can be understood based on the decay of nodes in the item layer. (Download: HERE)
• "An anatomy of human mental life": Psychology in unideological reconstruction incorporating the synapse-state theory with detailed criticism of behaviorism and cognitivism. (Download: HERE)
• "Antiphilosophical Dictionary": Reveals philosophical misapprehensions about mental life. (Download: HERE)

Other Works:

• "Presentation of Works": Various papers and studies including on A. N. Whitehead, Joseph Haydn's symphonies, A. J. Ayer, stuttering, etc.
• Bibliography of Peter Naur
• Paper in February 2004: "A Synapse-State Theory of Mental Life" (Available here)
• New book in March 2002: "Psykologi i videnskabelig rekonstruktion" (Available here)
• New book in May 2001: "Antiphilosophical Dictionary" (Available here)
• Book "Antifilosofisk Leksikon" (Available here)

Overall, Peter Naur has made significant contributions in various fields related to science and computing with his diverse works.