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Bernard Bolzano: Theory of Science (Multiple copy pack)
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Bernard Bolzano: Theory of Science (Multiple copy pack)
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This is the first complete English translation of Bernard Bolzano's
four-volume Wissenschaftslehre or Theory of Science, a masterwork
of theoretical philosophy. Bolzano (1781-1848), one of the greatest
philosophers of the nineteenth century, was a man of many parts.
Best known in his own time as a teacher and public intellectual, he
was also a mathematician and logician of rare ability, the peer of
other pioneers of modern mathematical logic such as Boole, Frege,
and Peirce. As Professor of Religion at the Charles University in
Prague from 1805, he proved to be a courageous and determined
critic of abuses in church and state, a powerful advocate for
reform. Dismissed by the Emperor in 1819 for political reasons, he
left public life and spent the next decade working on his "theory
of science," which he also called logic. The resulting
Wissenschaftslehre, first published in 1837, is a monumental,
wholly original study in logic, epistemology, heuristics, and
scientific methodology. Unlike most logical studies of the period,
it is not concerned with the "psychological self-consciousness of
the thinking mind." Instead, it develops logic as the science of
"propositions in themselves" and their parts, especially the
relations between these entities. It offers, for the first time in
the history of logic, a viable definition of consequence (or
deducibility), and a novel view of probability. Giving constant
attention to Bolzano's predecessors and contemporaries, with
particular emphasis on Kant, this richly documented work is also a
valuable source for the history of logic and philosophy. Each
volume of the edition is accompanied by a detailed introduction,
which alerts the reader to the historical context of Bolzano's work
and illuminates its continued relevance.
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