George Boole

An Investigation of the Laws of Thought

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"First published in 1854, this is the classic treatise by British mathematician and philosopher GEORGE BOOLE (1815¿1864) in which he develops a system for representing logic in algebraic form. Expanding on ideas first presented in his 1847 pamphlet ¿The Mathematical Analysis of Logic,¿ Boole¿for whom the mathematical term ¿boolean¿ was coined¿discusses: ¿ derivation of his laws ¿ principles of symbolic reasoning ¿ conditions of a perfect method ¿ general method in probabilities ¿ Aristotelian logic ¿ and more. A foundational work by the thinker who paved the way for modern electronics and our information age, this is must-reading for students of mathematics and the history of contemporary science. "

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781602064522
• ISBN-10: 1602064520
• Artikelnr.: 23020141

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.