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Bernard Bolzano: Theory of Science
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This is the first full English translation of Bernard Bolzano's masterwork, the Theory of Science (1837)-a monumental and revolutionary study in logic, epistemology, heuristics, and scientific methodology. Each volume includes an introduction which illuminates the historical context of Bolzano's work and its continuing relevance. Translator(s): George, Rolf; Rusnock, Paul. Num Pages: 2044 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 130. Weight in Grams: 3616.
This is the first complete English translation of Bernard Bolzano's four-volume Wissenschaftslehre or Theory of Science, a masterwork of theoretical philosophy. Bolzano (1781-1848), one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, was a man of many parts. Best known in his own time as a teacher and public intellectual, he was also a mathematician and logician of rare ability, the peer of other pioneers of modern mathematical logic such as Boole, Frege, and Peirce. As Professor of Religion at the Charles University in Prague from 1805, he proved to be a courageous and determined critic of abuses in church ... Read more
This is the first complete English translation of Bernard Bolzano's four-volume Wissenschaftslehre or Theory of Science, a masterwork of theoretical philosophy. Bolzano (1781-1848), one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, was a man of many parts. Best known in his own time as a teacher and public intellectual, he was also a mathematician and logician of rare ability, the peer of other pioneers of modern mathematical logic such as Boole, Frege, and Peirce. As Professor of Religion at the Charles University in Prague from 1805, he proved to be a courageous and determined critic of abuses in church ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
2044
Condition
New
Number of Pages
2044
Format
Multiple-component retail product
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199684380
SKU
V9780199684380
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Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) made outstanding contributions to many areas of philosophy as well as to mathematics and theology. In mathematics, he is best known for his work in analysis and the foundations of mathematics, which included rigorous definitions of continuity and convergence as well as the construction of a continuous, nowhere-differentiable function and anticipations of Cantor's set theory. His work ... Read more
Reviews for Bernard Bolzano: Theory of Science
The four volumes under review here represent a major undertaking of careful translation and critical analysis...Each volume in the Oxford edition of Bolzano's Wissenschaftslehre ends with Bolzano's own subject indexes (revealing those subjects in the treatise he regarded as most important, indexed by section numbers), followed by name indexes and the translators' own subject indexes (reflecting interests of the modern ... Read more