Ernest Nagel Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: November 16, 1901 - September 20, 1985
Birthday: November 16
Death: September 20
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware of all the principles underlying what they were doing. The real nature of the tools of their craft has become evident only within recent times A renaissance of logical studies in modern times begins with the publication in 1847 of George Boole's The Mathematical Analysis of Logic.
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