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Translations of some of Leibniz's most important logical works. A long introduction provides explanatory comment and gives an estimate of Leibniz as a logician.
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198243069
Translations of some of Leibniz's most important logical works. A long introduction provides explanatory comment and gives an estimate of Leibniz as a logician.
Author : G.W. Leibniz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 43,86 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9401014264
The selections contained in these volumes from the papers and letters of Leibniz are intended to serve the student in two ways: first, by providing a more adequate and balanced conception of the full range and penetration of Leibniz's creative intellectual powers; second, by inviting a fresher approach to his intellectual growth and a clearer perception of the internal strains in his thinking, through a chronological arrangement. Much confusion has arisen in the past through a neglect of the develop ment of Leibniz's ideas, and Couturat's impressive plea, in his edition of the Opuscu/es et fragments (p. xii), for such an arrangement is valid even for incomplete editions. The beginning student will do well, however, to read the maturer writings of Parts II, III, and IV first, leaving Part I, from a period too largely neglected by Leibniz criticism, for a later study of the still obscure sources and motives of his thought. The Introduction aims primarily to provide cultural orientation and an exposition of the structure and the underlying assumptions of the philosophical system rather than a critical evaluation. I hope that together with the notes and the Index, it will provide those aids to the understanding which the originality of Leibniz's scientific, ethical, and metaphysical efforts deserve.
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher :
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :
Author : Massimo Mugnai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0192575112
Leibniz published the Dissertation on Combinatorial Art in 1666. This book contains the seeds of Leibniz's mature thought, as well as many of the mathematical ideas that he would go on to further develop after the invention of the calculus. It is in the Dissertation, for instance, that we find the project for the construction of a logical calculus clearly expressed for the first time. The idea of encoding terms and propositions by means of numbers, later developed by Kurt Gödel, also appears in this work. In this text, furthermore, Leibniz conceives the possibility of constituting a universal language or universal characteristic, a project that he would pursue for the rest of his life. Mugnai, van Ruler, and Wilson present the first full English translation of the Dissertation, complete with a critical introduction and a comprehensive commentary.
Author : George MacDonald Ross
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Leven en werk van de Duitse natuurkundige en wijsgeer Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716).
Author : R. S. Woolhouse
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415038058
Author : Michael Hooker
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780719009259
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 1972
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Author : Hide Ishiguro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,75 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521377812
This is the second edition of an important introduction to Leibniz's philosophy of logic and language first published in 1972. It takes issue with several traditional interpretations of Leibniz (by Russell amongst others) while revealing how Leibniz's thought is related to issues of great interest in current logical theory. For this new edition, the author has added new chapters on infinitesimals and conditionals as well as taking account of reviews of the first edition.
Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3110368315
Logic is of course a general resource for reasoning at large. But in the first half of the twentieth century, it developed particularity with a view to mathematical applications, and the field of mathematical logic came into being and flourished. In the second half of the century, much the same happened with regard to philosophical applications. Hence philosophical logic. The deliberations of this book cover a varied but interrelated array of key issues in the field. They address the representation of information in linguistic formulation, and modes of cogent demonstration in logic, mathematics, and empirical investigation, as well as the role of logic in philosophical deliberations. Overall, the book seeks to demonstrate and illustrate the utility of logic as a productive resource for rational inquiry at large.