On two conceptions of formality in 19th century symbolic logic

This paper deals with two conceptions of formality underlying 19th Century symbolic logic. In both conceptions the idea of symbolic system played an important role. The discussion is guided by a distinction devised by Gottlob Frege between two sorts of formal theories. In the paper both conceptions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Legris, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/192524
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/192524
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:FORMALITY
FREGE
ERNST_SCHRÖDER
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
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Sumario:This paper deals with two conceptions of formality underlying 19th Century symbolic logic. In both conceptions the idea of symbolic system played an important role. The discussion is guided by a distinction devised by Gottlob Frege between two sorts of formal theories. In the paper both conceptions are connected to the attempts of constructing universal scientific languages at that time. As a conclusion it will be shown that each of the two conceptions of formality places logic in different levels and determines different conceptions of universality.