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Logic and Metalogic

Author: Jean-Charles PINOLI

Publication date: November 10, 2023

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1. History of logics

There isn't just one logic, but many that have been introduced over the last two thousand years. A good understanding of these logics requires sufficient prior knowledge of the history of logics, of which the following are a few key elements.

1.1 Egyptian period

The idea of "demonstrating" a conclusion based on initial premises appeared in ancient Egyptian geometry as early as the 2nd millennium BC, but demonstrations were much more empirical and experimental than conceptually rigorous.

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1.2 Babylonian...

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