Mechanical logic in three-dimensional space /

The book explores how build a mechanical inferences by making use of arithmetic operations on a string of numbers representing statements. In this way logic is reduced to a branch of the combinatory calculus. It covers the field of traditional logic by showing that any kind of inference can be mecha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Auletta, Gennaro (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book explores how build a mechanical inferences by making use of arithmetic operations on a string of numbers representing statements. In this way logic is reduced to a branch of the combinatory calculus. It covers the field of traditional logic by showing that any kind of inference can be mechanically reduced to three-variables and two-premise inferences. Meriological inferences can also be easily treated in this way. The book covers the following subjects: structural description of space; three-variable inferences through products, sums, subtractions, and divisions; generalization to n variables; relations; and applications.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 392 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789814411516
9814411515