British Logic in the Nineteenth Century

by Gabbay; Woods

• ISBN13: 9780444516107
• ISBN10: 0444516107
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-10
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

The present volume of the Handbook of the History of Logic is designed to establish 19th century Britain as a substantial force in logic, developing new ideas, some of which would be overtaken by, and other that would anticipate, the century's later capitulation to the mathematization of logic. British Logic in the Nineteenth Century is indispensable reading and a definitive research resource for anyone with an interest in the history of logic. - Detailed and comprehensive chapters covering the entire range of modal logic - Contains the latest scholarly discoveries and interpretative insights that answer many questions in the field of logic

Table of Contents

"Bentham's Logic"

"Coleridge's Logic"

"Whately's Logic"

"Hamilton's Logic"

"Whewell's Logic"

"Mill's Logic"

"DeMorgan's Logic"

"Boole's Logic"

"French Logique and British Logic: On the Origins of Augustus deMorgan early Logical Enquiries 1805-1835"

"Lewis Carroll's Logic"

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