Peirce's role in the history of logic

lingua universalis and calculus ratiocinator

Irving H. Anellis

pp. 135-169

in: Arnold Koslow, Arthur Buchsbaum (eds), The road to universal logic II, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2015

Abstract

This chapter discusses central issues of Peirce's conception of logic, comparing his work with the works of other logicians of the time, in particular Boole, Venn, Schröder, and Frege. It presents a detailed analysis of Peirce's approach to notation, including pasigraphy and Peirce's claw.

Cited authors

Frege Gottlob

Peirce Charles Sanders