内容简介
Fromoneofthefoundersofsymboliclogiccomesthiscollectionofwritingsonlogicalsubjectsandrelatedquestionsofprobability.GeorgeBooleinventedBooleanlogic,thebasisofmoderndigitalcomputerlogic,forwhichheisregardedasafounderofthefieldofcomputerscience.ThisauthoritativecompilationofhispapersfeatureshismostmaturethinkingonBooleanlogicandincludespreviouslyunpublishedmaterial.
Appropriateforupper-levelundergraduatesandgraduatestudents,thecontentsrangefromTheMathematicalAnalysisofLogictoBoole'sfinalworks,includingTheLawsofThought,themostsystematicstatementofhisideasonlogicandprobability.Boolehadintendedtocreateafollow-upvolumebutdidnotsurvivetofulfillhisambition;thisvolumefeatureshisfurtherstudiesonthesubject.,