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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which Are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities
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  • Babylonian mathematical tablet
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    …on the subject was called An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which Are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities (1854). In Germany the logician Gottlob Frege had directed keen attention to such fundamental questions as what it means to define something and what sorts of purported…

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    …on the subject was called An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which Are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities (1854). In Germany the logician Gottlob Frege had directed keen attention to such fundamental questions as what it means to define something and what sorts of purported…

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