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Single Idea 19597

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 8. Logic of Mathematics ]

Full Idea

Ought not logic, the theory of relations, be applied to mathematics?

Gist of Idea

Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics

Source

Novalis (Logological Fragments II [1798], 38)

Book Ref

Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.162

A Reaction

Bolzano was 19 when his was written. I presume Novalis would have been excited by set theory (even though he was a hyper-romantic).

The 5 ideas from 'Logological Fragments II'

19586 Philosophers feed on problems, hoping they are digestible, and spiced with paradox [Novalis]
19587 Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system [Novalis]
19588 The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity [Novalis]
19597 Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics [Novalis]
19598 Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete [Novalis]