Frege and Gödel

Frege and Gödel PDF Author: Kurt Gödel
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 138

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This volume, a shortened edition of Mr. van Heijenoort's internationally acclaimed From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931 (HUP 1967), makes available in English the two most important works in the growth of modern mathematical logic. Heralded by Leibniz, modern logic had its beginnings in the work of Boole, DeMorgan, and Jevons, but the 1879 publication of Gottlob Frege's Begriffsschrift opened a great epoch in the history of logic with the full-form presentation of the propositional calculus and quantification theory. Frege and Gödel: Two Fundamental Texts in Mathematical Logic begins with this short book, which ushered in the classical age of mathematical logic by outlining the construction of a system of logical symbolism. The volume concludes with Gödel's famous incompleteness paper of 1931, which changed the development of logic and the foundations of mathematics by revealing the intrinsic limitations of formal systems, and brought to an end the classical phase. Mr. van Heijenoort has provided a new introduction which sets the Frege and Gödel pieces in perspective in the development of modern logic and points out difficulties in interpretation. Editorial comments, footnotes, and bibliographic information offer additional explanatory material.

Frege and Gödel

Frege and Gödel PDF Author: Kurt Gödel
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
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Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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This volume, a shortened edition of Mr. van Heijenoort's internationally acclaimed From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931 (HUP 1967), makes available in English the two most important works in the growth of modern mathematical logic. Heralded by Leibniz, modern logic had its beginnings in the work of Boole, DeMorgan, and Jevons, but the 1879 publication of Gottlob Frege's Begriffsschrift opened a great epoch in the history of logic with the full-form presentation of the propositional calculus and quantification theory. Frege and Gödel: Two Fundamental Texts in Mathematical Logic begins with this short book, which ushered in the classical age of mathematical logic by outlining the construction of a system of logical symbolism. The volume concludes with Gödel's famous incompleteness paper of 1931, which changed the development of logic and the foundations of mathematics by revealing the intrinsic limitations of formal systems, and brought to an end the classical phase. Mr. van Heijenoort has provided a new introduction which sets the Frege and Gödel pieces in perspective in the development of modern logic and points out difficulties in interpretation. Editorial comments, footnotes, and bibliographic information offer additional explanatory material.

From Frege to Gödel

From Frege to Gödel PDF Author: Jean van Heijenoort
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674257243
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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The fundamental texts of the great classical period in modern logic, some of them never before available in English translation, are here gathered together for the first time. Modern logic, heralded by Leibniz, may be said to have been initiated by Boole, De Morgan, and Jevons, but it was the publication in 1879 of Gottlob Frege’s Begriffsschrift that opened a great epoch in the history of logic by presenting, in full-fledged form, the propositional calculus and quantification theory. Frege’s book, translated in its entirety, begins the present volume. The emergence of two new fields, set theory and foundations of mathematics, on the borders of logic, mathematics, and philosophy, is depicted by the texts that follow. Peano and Dedekind illustrate the trend that led to Principia Mathematica. Burali-Forti, Cantor, Russell, Richard, and König mark the appearance of the modern paradoxes. Hilbert, Russell, and Zermelo show various ways of overcoming these paradoxes and initiate, respectively, proof theory, the theory of types, and axiomatic set theory. Skolem generalizes Löwenheim’s theorem, and he and Fraenkel amend Zermelo’s axiomatization of set theory, while von Neumann offers a somewhat different system. The controversy between Hubert and Brouwer during the twenties is presented in papers of theirs and in others by Weyl, Bernays, Ackermann, and Kolmogorov. The volume concludes with papers by Herbrand and by Gödel, including the latter’s famous incompleteness paper. Of the forty-five contributions here collected all but five are presented in extenso. Those not originally written in English have been translated with exemplary care and exactness; the translators are themselves mathematical logicians as well as skilled interpreters of sometimes obscure texts. Each paper is introduced by a note that sets it in perspective, explains its importance, and points out difficulties in interpretation. Editorial comments and footnotes are interpolated where needed, and an extensive bibliography is included.

From Frege to Godel

From Frege to Godel PDF Author: Jean van Heijenoort
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Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Languages : en
Pages : 660

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Frege and Gödel

Frege and Gödel PDF Author: Kurt Gödel
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Pages : 116

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Frege and Gödel

Frege and Gödel PDF Author: Jean VanHeijenoort
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Frege and Gödel

Frege and Gödel PDF Author: Gottlob Frege
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Handbook of Philosophical Logic

Handbook of Philosophical Logic PDF Author: Dov M. Gabbay
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940170466X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there have been great changes in the landscape of philosophical logic since then. The first edition has proved invaluable to generations of students and researchers in formal philosophy and language, as well as to consumers of logic in many applied areas. The main logic article in the Encyclopaedia Britannica 1999 has described the first edition as 'the best starting point for exploring any of the topics in logic'. We are confident that the second edition will prove to be just as good! The first edition was the second handbook published for the logic commu nity. It followed the North Holland one volume Handbook of Mathematical Logic, published in 1977, edited by the late Jon Barwise. The four volume Handbook of Philosophical Logic, published 1983-1989 came at a fortunate temporal junction at the evolution of logic. This was the time when logic was gaining ground in computer science and artificial intelligence circles. These areas were under increasing commercial pressure to provide devices which help and/or replace the human in his daily activity. This pressure required the use of logic in the modelling of human activity and organisa tion on the one hand and to provide the theoretical basis for the computer program constructs on the other.

Frege and Gödel

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From Frege to Gödel

From Frege to Gödel PDF Author: Jean Van Heijenoort
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From Frege to Gödel

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