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Work #1179 · Early

Formal Logic

Arthur Norman Prior
1955 (1st ed.), 1962 (2nd ed.) · English
Logic textbook · Analytic philosophy / Mathematical-philosophical logic

Prior's 1955 textbook — comprehensive presentation of modern formal logic with historical and philosophical context

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Attribute Formal Logic (Early)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Discrete
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Formal Logic

The 1955 mid-twentieth-century analytic-logical moment; the deeper historical sweep of logical inquiry.

Space

Formal Logic

The Manchester-Oxford analytic-philosophical setting.

Matter

Formal Logic

The formal-logical apparatus the textbook expounds.

Observer

Formal Logic

The analytic-philosophical student as proper addressee.

Energy

Formal Logic

The intellectual energies of mid-twentieth-century analytic logic.

Information

Formal Logic

The systematic logical content of the textbook.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Formal Logic

Formal Logic was rapidly superseded as a textbook by more strictly-mathematical-logical successors; its historical-philosophical depth has kept it valued by historians of logic.