The Rise of Modern Logic: From Leibniz to Frege: Volume 3

by John Hayden Woods and Dov M. Gabbay

With the publication of the present volume, the Handbook of the History of Logic turns its attention to the rise of modern logic. The period covered is 1685-1900, with this volume carving out the territory from Leibniz to Frege. What is striking about this period is the earliness and persistence of what could be called 'the mathematical turn in logic'. Virtually every working logician is aware that, after a centuries-long run, the logic that originated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444516115
• ISBN13: 9780444516114
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: North-Holland
• Length: 780 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.7"