An Investigation of the Laws of Thought -

George Boole

Cosimo Classics

2007

440 páginas

14h 40m

ISBN-10: 1602064520

"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',Boolefor 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".