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Single Idea 17744

[from 'On the Syllogism IV' by Augustus De Morgan, in 5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 6. Relations in Logic ]

Full Idea

De Morgan started the sustained interest in the study of relations and their properties.

Gist of Idea

De Morgan started the study of relations and their properties

Source

report of Augustus De Morgan (On the Syllogism IV [1859]) by Michal Walicki - Introduction to Mathematical Logic History D.1.1

Book Reference

Walicki,Michal: 'Introduction to Mathematical Logic' [World Scientific 2012], p.21


Related Idea

Idea 18913 Traditional term logic struggled to express relations [Engelbretsen]