Daily Archives: February 23, 2015

Mathematical Demonstration and the Doctrine of Individuals • 2

Selection from C.S. Peirce’s “Logic Of Relatives” (1870) In reference to the doctrine of individuals, two distinctions should be borne in mind.  The logical atom, or term not capable of logical division, must be one of which every predicate may … Continue reading

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Deduction, Doctrine of Individuals, Foundations of Mathematics, Identity, Information = Comprehension × Extension, Logic, Logic of Relatives, Mathematical Demonstration, Mathematics, Relation Theory | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments