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ARTICLES OF APPLIED LOGIC (Italian)
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Philosophy and History
of Mathematics and Logic
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History of logic and mathematics at the turn of the 19th
century: Giuseppe Veronese, Alessandro Padoa, Hermann
and Robert Grassmann. Infinite and infinitely small quantities.
Non-Archimedean Continuum. Geometrical space and intuition. Universal algebra. Hypercomplex numbers.
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Logic and Argumentation Theory. Informal Logic, Dialogue Logic, Pragma-Dialectics, New Dialectic, Lorenzen’s Dialogue Logic. Fallacies.
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Bernard Bolzano's Wissenschaftslehre. The role of empty ideas
in Bolzano's logic. Why does Bolzano assume that ideas in themselves
do not exist? Do imaginary and empirically empty ideas represent any
object? How sound are Bolzano's arguments against Exner's and
Twardowsaki's criticism?
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