Peirce the logician (Q1165227)

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    1982
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    This paper discusses the influence of the Boolean school (specially Boole, Schröder, Peirce, Mitchell, and Ladd-Franklin) on the development of modern logic. In particular, the discovery of the quantifier by Peirce's student O. H. Mitchell, independently of Frege, is emphasized.
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    history of logic
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    history of quantification
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    Boole
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    Schroeder
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    Mitchell
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    Ladd-Franklin
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