An Investigation of the Laws of Thought

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Cosimo

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491_9781602064522

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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.

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