This book traces the development of formal logic from its origins in ancient Greece to the present day. The authors first discuss the work of logicians from Aristotle to Frege, showing how they were influenced by the philosophical or mathematical ideas of their time. They then examine developments in the present century.
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A colossus of a book with an enourmous treasury of information! Sure, as some of the other reviewers have complained, it's not equally strong on every logician or epoch, but who could reasonably expect that?
A definite must read for any student of logic, not only because it is packed with interesting information and illuminating exposition but also because many sections are quite engagingly written. In addition to being surprisinlgy suitable for "cover to cover"-reading the massive index enables one to use it as a historic encyclopedia of logic.
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Uneven but worth while,
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Very strong on Frege, although because it was written in 1962,it cannot reflect the ample scholarship of the past 40 years.
Meticulous about the logic of the classical era. Deprecates Lukasiewicz's attempt to formalize the syllogism (Arthur Prior's Formal Logic does a better job on this technical topic.) They do NOT do justice to how Leibniz is the most exciting logician between Aristotle and Boole. Good on Boole, because Wm Kneale contributed importantly to the postwar Boole revival. Slights the important contributions of Charles Sanders Peirce, although again, his importance has become much clearer since this book was written. Surprisingly lukewarm about Principia Mathematica. Fairly clear about topics (eg, recursive arithmetic) other texts make difficult.
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A major flaw,
By galloamericanus "galloamericanus" (Podunk, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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A major flaw is K&K's silence about Whately's Logic of 1826. This book , which went into many editions over nearly 100years, was instrumental in the revival of logic in the English speaking world. Reading Whately made logicians out of De Morgan, C S Peirce, William Hamilton. For the history of logic after 1840 or so, K&K is superseded by Grattan-Guiness's The Search for Mathematical Roots.
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LOGIC is concerned with the principles of valid inference; and it is certain that men made inferences and criticized the inferences of others long before the time of Aristotle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word consequentia, consequentia materialis, intensional abstractor, prosleptic premisses, enlarged calculus, suppositio confusa tantum, naval battle tomorrow, indemonstrable moods, monomorphic set, universal decision procedure, suppositio communis, suppositio determinata, proprietates terminorum, consequentia formalis, homo est nomen, est homo est animal, negation stroke, leading premiss, suppositio simplex, suppositio personalis, supplementary premisses, compound syllogism, modal syllogisms, omnis homo est animal, consequentia mirabilis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prior Analytics, Principia Mathematica, Diogenes Laertius, William of Shyreswood, Middle Ages, Sextus Empiricus, Master Argument, Posterior Analytics, Summa Totius Logicae, Peter of Spain, Critique of Pure Reason, Euclid's Elements, Martianus Capella, Porphyry's Eisagoge, Summulae Logicales, Mathematische Annalen, Thomas Aquinas, John of Salisbury, Walter Burleigh, Institutio Logica, Principles of Mathematics, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Diodorus Cronus, Port Royal Logic, Queen Anne New!
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LOGIC is concerned with the principles of valid inference; and it is certain that men made inferences and criticized the inferences of others long before the time of Aristotle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word consequentia, consequentia materialis, intensional abstractor, prosleptic premisses, enlarged calculus, suppositio confusa tantum, naval battle tomorrow, indemonstrable moods, monomorphic set, universal decision procedure, suppositio communis, suppositio determinata, proprietates terminorum, consequentia formalis, homo est nomen, est homo est animal, negation stroke, leading premiss, suppositio simplex, suppositio personalis, supplementary premisses, compound syllogism, modal syllogisms, omnis homo est animal, consequentia mirabilis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prior Analytics, Principia Mathematica, Diogenes Laertius, William of Shyreswood, Middle Ages, Sextus Empiricus, Master Argument, Posterior Analytics, Summa Totius Logicae, Peter of Spain, Critique of Pure Reason, Euclid's Elements, Martianus Capella, Porphyry's Eisagoge, Summulae Logicales, Mathematische Annalen, Thomas Aquinas, John of Salisbury, Walter Burleigh, Institutio Logica, Principles of Mathematics, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Diodorus Cronus, Port Royal Logic, Queen Anne New!
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