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The Horn theory of Boole's partial algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2014

Stanley N. Burris  and
H. P. Sankappanavar
Stanley N. Burris
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada E-mail: snburris@math.uwaterloo.ca
H. P. Sankappanavar
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Suny at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York 12561, USA E-mail: sankapph@newpaltz.edu
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Abstract

This paper augments Hailperin's substantial efforts (1976/1986) to place Boole's algebra of logic on a solid footing. Namely Horn sentences are used to give a modern formulation of the principle that Boole adopted in 1854 as the foundation for his algebra of logic—we call this principle The Rule of 0 and 1.

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Bulletin of Symbolic Logic , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 97 - 105
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2013

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