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Modern Logic: from Frege to GÖdel

From Frege to GÖdel

Twentieth-century logic, and even late nineteenth-century logic, cannot be properly understood without some acquaintance not only with earlier nineteenth-century logic but also with nineteenth-century mathematics. The final section of our survey therefore begins with a sketch of the influence of nineteenth-century mathematics on the major logical developments of both the Boolean and the more recent periods. This will be followed by discussions of particular logicians.

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(Secondary material on the logicians discussed in the final section of the article is to be found mainly in the first two parts of the bibliography.)

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