num_pages: 453
description: Before 1854 when George Boole published The Laws of Thought, the subject of "logic" in the Western world was entirely restricted to the study of Aristotelian syllogism, which dates back 384-322 BC&gt; In this work, Boole' introduces a sort of algebra of propositions with probability.
language: English
title: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
titlecomplete: An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
genres: Academic, Logic, Philosophy, Science, Computer Science, Computers, Reference, Psychology, Nonfiction, Mathematics
ratings_count: 120
publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing, Inc.