Author

Contributions

  • Woods, John - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Elsevier, Burlington, Vermont

Language

English

Word Count

195,250 words, Guess

Page Count

781 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780080532875
  • Open LibraryOL27042666M

Classifications

  • DDC160/.9
  • LCCBC15.H36eb vol. 3

Description

With the publication of the present volume, the Handbook of the History of Logic turns its attention to the rise of modern logic. The period covered is 1685-1900, with this volume carving out the territory from Leibniz to Frege. What is striking about this period is the earliness and persistence of what could be called 'the mathematical turn in logic'. Virtually every working logician is aware that, after a centuries-long run, the logic that originated in antiquity came to be displaced by a new approach with a dominantly mathematical character. It is, however, a substantial error to suppose th.

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