Calculus as method or calculus as rules? Boole and Frege on the aims of a logical calculus.

By way of a close reading of Boole and Frege's solutions to the same logical problem, we highlight an underappreciated aspect of Boole's work—and of its difference with Frege's better-known approach—which we believe sheds light on the concepts of 'calculus' and 'mechanization' and on their history....

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 5/6; pp. 11913 - 11944
Autores principales: Waszek, David, Schlimm, Dirk
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Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2021
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