We aim at clarifying to what extent the work of the English mathematician George Boole (1815-1864) on the algebra of logic is taken into consideration and discussed in the work of early Husserl, focusing in particular on Husserl’s lecture “Über die neueren Forschungen zur deduktiven Logik” of 1895, in which an entire section is devoted to Boole. We confront Husserl’s representation of the problem-solving processes with the analysis of “symbolic reasoning” proposed by George Boole in the Laws of Thought (1854) and try to show how and why Husserl, while praising Boole’s calculus, strongly criticizes his attempt at a philosophical clarification and justification of it.

Husserl and Boole / Centrone, Stefania; Minari, Pierluigi. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 111-124.

Husserl and Boole

MINARI, PIERLUIGI
2017

Abstract

We aim at clarifying to what extent the work of the English mathematician George Boole (1815-1864) on the algebra of logic is taken into consideration and discussed in the work of early Husserl, focusing in particular on Husserl’s lecture “Über die neueren Forschungen zur deduktiven Logik” of 1895, in which an entire section is devoted to Boole. We confront Husserl’s representation of the problem-solving processes with the analysis of “symbolic reasoning” proposed by George Boole in the Laws of Thought (1854) and try to show how and why Husserl, while praising Boole’s calculus, strongly criticizes his attempt at a philosophical clarification and justification of it.
2017
978-94-024-1130-0
Essays on Husserl's Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
111
124
Centrone, Stefania; Minari, Pierluigi
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