From Frege to G?del: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931

by Jaen Van Heijenoort and Jean Van Heijenoort

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674324501
• ISBN13: 9780674324503
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 670 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.