An Investigation of the Laws of Thought

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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought is George Boole’s foundational 1854 treatise that established Boolean algebra and helped lay the groundwork for modern mathematical logic and computer science.

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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (original 1854 edition) 1
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
logic book ⓘ
mathematics book ⓘ
aim to establish a mathematical theory of logic ⓘ
to investigate the fundamental laws governing reasoning ⓘ
author George Boole ⓘ
centralConcept equations representing logical propositions ⓘ
logical operations of conjunction, disjunction, and negation ⓘ
logical variables taking values 0 and 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
field logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
probability ⓘ
fullTitle An Investigation of the Laws of Thought self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities
genre academic monograph ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
hasEdition Cambridge University Press ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge University Press edition

Dover Publications reprint ⓘ
hasInfluencedPerson Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Claude Shannon ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
hasPart chapter on the fundamental laws of thought ⓘ
chapter on the nature and design of logic ⓘ
chapter on the theory of probabilities ⓘ
influenced computer science ⓘ
digital circuit design ⓘ
modern mathematical logic ⓘ
philosophy of logic ⓘ
set theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification QA9.B6 ⓘ
notableFor application of algebra to logic and probabilities ⓘ
formalization of logical reasoning using algebraic methods ⓘ
foundational development of Boolean algebra ⓘ
oclcNumber 2287085 ⓘ
philosophicalTradition logicism ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
precededBy The Mathematical Analysis of Logic ⓘ
publicationYear 1854 ⓘ
publisher Walton and Maberly ⓘ
relatedWork The Mathematical Analysis of Logic ⓘ
subject Boolean algebra ⓘ
algebra of logic ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
symbolic logic ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Dover Publications reprint → basedOn → An Investigation of the Laws of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (original 1854 edition)
The Mathematical Analysis of Logic → followedBy → An Investigation of the Laws of Thought ⓘ
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought → fullTitle → An Investigation of the Laws of Thought self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities
George Boole → notableWork → An Investigation of the Laws of Thought ⓘ
The Mathematical Analysis of Logic → precedes → An Investigation of the Laws of Thought ⓘ
Dover Publications reprint → title → An Investigation of the Laws of Thought ⓘ