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From Peirce to Skolem : a neglected chapter in the history of logic /

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This book is an account of the important influence on the development of mathematical logic of Charles S. Peirce and his student O.H. Mitchell, through the work of Ernst Schröder, Leopold Löwenheim, and Thoralf Skolem. As far as we know, this book is the first work delineating this line of influence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brady, Geraldine
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland/Elsevier Science BV, 2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Studies in the history and philosophy of mathematics ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical > History > 19th century.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical > History > 20th century.
Logique symbolique et mathématique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Logique symbolique et mathématique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MATHEMATICS > Infinity.
MATHEMATICS > Logic.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
1800-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is an account of the important influence on the development of mathematical logic of Charles S. Peirce and his student O.H. Mitchell, through the work of Ernst Schröder, Leopold Löwenheim, and Thoralf Skolem. As far as we know, this book is the first work delineating this line of influence on modern mathematical logic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 468 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-459) and index.
ISBN:9780444503343
044450334X
0080532020
9780080532028
ISSN:0928-2017 ;