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Excerpt from The Algebra of Logic
The primary significance of a symbolic calculus seems to lie in the economy of mental effort which it brings about, and to this is due the characteristic power and rapid development of mathematical knowledge. Attempts to treat the operations of formal logic in an analogous way had been made not in frequently by some of the more philosophical mathematicians, such as leibniz and lambert; but their labors remained little known, and it was boole and DE morgan, about the middle of the nineteenth century, to whom a mathematical - though of course non-quantitative - way of regarding logic was due. By this, not only was the traditional or Aristotelian doctrine of logic reformed and completed, but out of it has developed, in course of time, an instrument which deals in a sure manner with the task of investigating the fundamental concepts of mathematics - a task which philosophers have repeatedly taken in hand, and in which they have as repeatedly failed.
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The primary significance of a symbolic calculus seems to lie in the economy of mental effort which it brings about, and to this is due the characteristic power and rapid development of mathematical knowledge. Attempts to treat the operations of formal logic in an analogous way had been made not in frequently by some of the more philosophical mathematicians, such as leibniz and lambert; but their labors remained little known, and it was boole and DE morgan, about the middle of the nineteenth century, to whom a mathematical - though of course non-quantitative - way of regarding logic was due. By this, not only was the traditional or Aristotelian doctrine of logic reformed and completed, but out of it has developed, in course of time, an instrument which deals in a sure manner with the task of investigating the fundamental concepts of mathematics - a task which philosophers have repeatedly taken in hand, and in which they have as repeatedly failed.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Louis Couturat
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780365329640
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 114
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Page Count - 116
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