From Peirce to Skolem : a neglected chapter in the history of logic /

This book is an account of the important influence on the development of mathematical logic of Charles S. Peirce and his student O.H. Mitchell, through the work of Ernst Schr�oder, Leopold L�owenheim, and Thoralf Skolem. As far as we know, this book is the first work delineatin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brady, Geraldine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland/Elsevier Science BV, 2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Studies in the history and philosophy of mathematics ; v. 4.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical > History > 19th century.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical > History > 20th century.
Logique symbolique et math�ematique > Histoire > 19e si�ecle.
Logique symbolique et math�ematique > Histoire > 20e si�ecle.
MATHEMATICS > Infinity.
MATHEMATICS > Logic.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.
  • 1. The Early Work of Charles S. Peirce
  • 2. Peirce's Calculus of Relatives: 1870
  • 3. Peirce on the Algebra of Logic: 1880
  • 4. Mitchell on a New Algebra of Logic: 1883
  • 5. Peirce on the Algebra of Relatives: 1883
  • 6. Peirce's Logic of Quantifiers: 1885
  • 7. Schr�oder's Calculus of Relatives
  • 8. L�owenheim's Contribution
  • 9. Skolem's Recasting
  • Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

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