Leśniewski's Systems Protothetic
By: edited by Jan T. J. Srzednicki, Zbigniew Stachniak
Contributors: Stachniak, Zbigniew
Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series -- 54; Nijhoff International Philosophy Series -- 54
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9789401064194; 9789401157360
Subjects: Philosophy (General); Symbolic and mathematical Logic; Logic
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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