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Leśniewski’s Systems Protothetic

By Peter M. Simons (auth.) , Jan T. J. Srzednicki , Zbigniew Stachniak (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1998
ISBN
978-94-010-6419-4, 978-94-011-5736-0
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-5736-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9307350 bytes)
Series
Nijhoff International Philosophy Series 54
Edition
1
Pages
310\321
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Logic; Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Description

Between the two world wars, Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939), created the famous and important system of foundations of mathematics that comprises three deductive theories: Protothetic, Ontology, and Mereology. His research started in 1914 with studies on the general theory of sets (later named `Mereology'). Ontology followed between 1919 and 1921, and was the next step towards an integrated system. In order to combine these two systematically he constructed Protothetic - the system of `first principles'. Together they amount to what Z. Jordan called `... most thorough, original, and philosophically significant attempt to provide a logically secure foundation for the whole of mathematics'. The volume collects many of the most significant commentaries on, and contributions to, Protothetic. A Protothetic Bibliography is included.

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