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George Boole

Selected Manuscripts on Logic and its Philosophy

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Ivor Grattan-Guinness

    1. Middlesex University, Middlesex, Great Britain

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  2. Gérard Bornet

    1. Philosophisches Seminar, Université Miséricorde, Fribourg, Switzerland

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  • is a richly detailed summary of Boole's life, career and accomplishments.", "Historians of logic will be indebted to them for making Boole's Nachlass readily available for study." -Theodore Hailperin
  • The edition does not only end an unbearable state in the history of logic, but it gives also an excellent scholarly example of mastering and presenting manuscript sources." - V. Peckhaus

Part of the book series: Science Networks. Historical Studies (SNHS, volume 20)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxiv
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  2. The Nature of Logic and the Philosophy of Mathematics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages lxv-lxv
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    2. The Nature of Logic

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 1-12

    3. Elementary Treatise on Logic not Mathematical including Philosophy of Mathematical Reasoning

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 13-41

    4. [Extracts from a Notebook]

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 42-48

  3. The Philosophical Interpretation of a Theory of Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Prolegomena

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 51-62

    3. On the Foundations of the Mathematical Theory of Logic and on the Philosophical Interpretation of Its Methods and Processes

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 63-104

    4. [Preparatory Notes]

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 105-111

    5. General Summary

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 112-116

  4. “The Philosophy of Logic” - A Sequel to “The Laws of Thought”

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. [Preface]

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 119-120

    3. Table of Contents

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 121-122

    4. The Philosophy of Reasoning

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 123-125

    5. Logic

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 126-153

  5. Miscellaneous Matters, Letters and Fragments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. On Belief in Its Relation to the Understanding

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 157-161

    3. The Philosophical Idea of Freedom

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 162-163

    4. Note [to Aristotle]

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 164-166

    5. Philosophy of Mathematics

      • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet
      Pages 167-178
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About this book

George Boole (1815-1864) is well known to mathematicians for his research and textbooks on the calculus, but his name has spread world-wide for his innovations in symbolic logic and the development and applications made since his day. The utility of "Boolean algebra" in computing has greatly increased curiosity in the nature and extent of his achievements. His work is most accessible in his two books on logic, "A mathematical analysis of logic" (1947) and "An investigation of the laws of thought" (1954). But at various times he wrote manuscript essays, especially after the publication of the second book; several were intended for a non-technical work, "The Philosophy of logic", which he was not able to complete. This volume contains an edited selection which not only relates them to Boole's publications and the historical context of his time, but also describes their strange history of family, followers and scholars have treid to confect an edition. The book will appeal to logicians, mathematicians and philosophers, and those interested in the histories of the corresponding subjects; and also students of the early Victorian Britain in which they were written.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Middlesex University, Middlesex, Great Britain

    Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  • Philosophisches Seminar, Université Miséricorde, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Gérard Bornet

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: George Boole

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Manuscripts on Logic and its Philosophy

  • Editors: Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Gérard Bornet

  • Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8859-2

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5456-5Published: 01 April 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9805-8Published: 29 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8859-2Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1421-6329

  • Series E-ISSN: 2296-6080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXV, 236

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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