Perspectives on the History of Mathematical Logic

Perspectives on the History of Mathematical Logic edited by Thomas Drucker.

This volume offers insights into the development of mathematical logic over the last century. Arising from a special session of the history of logic at an American Mathematical Society meeting, the chapters explore technical innovations, the philosophical consequences of work during the period, and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Drucker, Thomas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Modern Birkhäuser Classics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mathematics.
History.
Mathematical logic.
Logic.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Problem of Elimination in the Algebra of Logic
  • Peirce and the Law of Distribution
  • The First Russell Paradox
  • Principia Mathematica and the Development of Automated Theorem Proving
  • Oswald Veblen and the Origins of Mathematical Logic at Princeton
  • The Löwenheim-Skolem Theorem, Theories of Quantification, and Proof Theory
  • The Reception of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems
  • Gödel’s and Some Other Examples of Problem Transmutation
  • The Development of Self-Reference: Löb’s Theorem
  • The Unintended Interpretations of Intuitionistic Logic
  • The Writing of Introduction to Metamathematics
  • In Memoriam: Haskell Brooks Curry
  • The Work of J. Richard Büchi.

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