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 A clear, straightforward summary of the history of formal logic from Aristotle to
Gödel. Nidditch discusses the four main trends at the root of modern logic:
Aristotle’s theory of the syllogism; the idea of a universal language; the idea of
the parts of mathematics forming deductive systems; and the discoveries in
mathematics in the early nineteenth century. He outlines the chief ideas and theories on mathematical logic, including Jevons, Peirce, Boole, Russell, and Whitehead. The text is easy to read and gives the beginning student a valuable perspective on mathematical logic.

 

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The Development of Mathematical Logic
P. H. Nidditch

1-85506-582-7 1998 $14.00tx
96 pp., paperback, 1962 edition
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