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050 4 _aBC135
_b.B7 2009
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100 1 _aBoole, George,
_d1815-1864,
_eauthor.
245 1 3 _aAn investigation of the laws of thought :
_bon which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and probabilities /
_cGeorge Boole.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 424 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Mathematics
500 _aOriginally published in London by Walton and Maberly in 1854.
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aSelf-taught mathematician and father of Boolean algebra, George Boole (1815-1864) published An Investigation of the Laws of Thought in 1854. In this highly original investigation of the fundamental laws of human reasoning, a sequel to ideas he had explored in earlier writings, Boole uses the symbolic language of mathematics to establish a method to examine the nature of the human mind using logic and the theory of probabilities. Boole considers language not just as a mode of expression, but as a system one can use to understand the human mind. In the first 12 chapters, he sets down the rules necessary to represent logic in this unique way. Then he analyses a variety of arguments and propositions of various writers from Aristotle to Spinoza. One of history's most insightful mathematicians, Boole is compelling reading for today's student of intellectual history and the science of the mind.
650 0 _aLogic, Symbolic and mathematical.
650 0 _aThought and thinking.
650 0 _aProbabilities.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108001533
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511693090
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