10 ideas
7719 | European philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato [Whitehead] |
8083 | Boole applied normal algebra to logic, aiming at an algebra of thought [Boole, by Devlin] |
7727 | Boole's notation can represent syllogisms and propositional arguments, but not both at once [Boole, by Weiner] |
8686 | Boole made logic more mathematical, with algebra, quantifiers and probability [Boole, by Friend] |
10656 | With 'extensive connection', boundary elements are not included in domains [Whitehead, by Varzi] |
22277 | Boole's method was axiomatic, achieving economy, plus multiple interpretations [Boole, by Potter] |
15389 | In Whitehead 'processes' consist of events beginning and ending [Whitehead, by Simons] |
15247 | Whitehead held that perception was a necessary feature of all causation [Whitehead, by Harré/Madden] |
16962 | Whitehead replaced points with extended regions [Whitehead, by Quine] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |