Milton Borah Singer (July 5, 1912 – 1994) was a leading American anthropologist and expert on Indian studies.
thesis, "George Herbert Mead's Social-Behavioristic Theory of Mind," prefigured his move to the University of Chicago, where he completed a dissertation "On Formal Method in Mathematical Logic," under the supervision of Rudolf Carnap, in 1940.
He traveled to India in his fieldwork, during the years 1954–1955, 1960–1961 and 1964, also developing important contact with researchers of this country.
In the years 1970 and 1980 Singer directs his interests to the studies of the historical roots of the anthropological theories and also of the cultural symbolism.
His field work focuses on comparative research into the modernization of American culture in Newburyport, Massachusetts and India, including a deepening of studies of logic and philosophy.