Peirce and Schröder on the auflösungsproblem

Davide Bondoni

doi:10.12775/LLP.2009.002

Authors

Davide Bondoni Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2009.002

Keywords

solution problem, elimination problem, algebra of logic, calculus of relations

Abstract

The aim of this article is Schröder’s treatment of the so called solution problem [Auflösungsproblem]. First, I will introduce Schröder’s ideas; then I will discuss them taking into account Peirce’s considerations in The Logic of Relatives ([13, pp. 161–217] now republished in [9, pp. 288–345]).

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