George Boole

An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.

Before 1854 when George Boole published The Laws of Thought, the subject of 'logic' in the western world was entirely restricted to the study of the Aristotelian syllogism, which was as old as 384-322 BC. In this work, Boole introduces a sort of algebra of propositions with probability. Boole's logic forms the basis for present day Boolean Algebra, which in turn lies at the base of computer science. Because Boole is essentially inventing a number of new concepts, the discussions concerning his ideas of logic are both accessible to the non-specialist and fascinating for the historian or philosopher of mathematics and logic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411468450
• Artikelnr.: 50390660

Inhaltsangabe

1. Nature and design of this work
2. Signs and their laws
3. Derivation of the laws
4. Division of propositions
5. Principles of symbolic reasoning
6. Of interpretation
7. Of elimination
8. Of reduction
9. Methods of abbreviation
10. Conditions of a perfect method
11. Of secondary propositions
12. Methods in secondary propositions
13. Clarke and Spinoza
14. Examples of analysis
15. Of the Aristotelian logic
16. Of the theory of probabilities
17. General method in probabilities
18. Elementary illustrations
19. Of statistical conditions
20. Problems on causes
21. Probability of judgements
22. Constitution of the intellect.