Boole's logic and probability: A critical exposition from the standpoint of contemporary algebra, logic, and probability theory (Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics) - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0444110372 ISBN 13 : 9780444110374

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This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In fair condition, suitable as a study copy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Since the publication of the first edition in 1976, there has been a notable increase of interest in the development of logic. This is evidenced by the several conferences on the history of logic, by a journal devoted to the subject, and by an accumulation of new results. This increased activity and the new results - the chief one being that Boole's work in probability is best viewed as a probability logic - were influential circumstances conducive to a new edition. Chapter 1, presenting Boole's ideas on a mathematical treatment of logic, from their emergence in his early 1847 work on through to his immediate successors, has been considerably enlarged. Chapter 2 includes additional discussion of the "uninterpretable'' notion, both semantically and syntactically. Chapter 3 now includes a revival of Boole's abandoned propositional logic and, also, a discussion of his hitherto unnoticed brush with ancient formal logic. Chapter 5 has an improved explanation of why Boole's probability method works. Chapter 6, Applications and Probability Logic, is a new addition. Changes from the first edition have brought about a three-fold increase in the bibliography.

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• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0444110372
• ISBN 13: 9780444110374
• Reliure: Relié
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