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A Boole Anthology

Recent and Classical Studies in the Logic of George Boole

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. James Gasser

    1. University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 291)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Classical Studies

    3. Philosophical Aspects

      1. Review of Boole
        • Michael Dummett
        Pages 79-85
      2. A Reassessment of George Boole’s Theory of Logic
        • James W. Van Evra
        Pages 87-99
      3. Boole’s Criteria for Validity and Invalidity
        • John Corcoran, Susan Wood
        Pages 101-128

  3. Recent Studies

    1. Background

      1. Algebraical Logic: Leibniz and Boole
        • Theodore Hailperin
        Pages 129-138
      2. Logic Versus Algebra: English Debates and Boole’s Mediation
        • Marie-José Durand-Richard
        Pages 139-166

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 327-349
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About this book

Modern mathematical logic would not exist without the analytical tools first developed by George Boole in The Mathematical Analysis of Logic and The Laws of Thought. The influence of the Boolean school on the development of logic, always recognised but long underestimated, has recently become a major research topic. This collection is the first anthology of works on Boole. It contains two works published in 1865, the year of Boole's death, but never reprinted, as well as several classic studies of recent decades and ten original contributions appearing here for the first time. From the programme of the English Algebraic School to Boole's use of operator methods, from the problem of interpretability to that of psychologism, a full range of issues is covered. The Boole Anthology is indispensable to Boole studies and will remain so for years to come.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    James Gasser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Boole Anthology

  • Book Subtitle: Recent and Classical Studies in the Logic of George Boole

  • Editors: James Gasser

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9385-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6380-4Published: 30 September 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5491-3Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9385-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 349

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Logic, History of Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy of Science, History, general

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