RT Journal Article
T1 Frege, Peano and the construction of a logical calculus
A1 Bertran-San-Millán, Joan
AB In contemporary historical studies Peano is usually linked to the logical tradition pioneered by Frege. In this paper I question this association. Specifically, I claim that Frege and Peano developed significantly different conceptions of a logical calculus. First, I claim that while Frege put the systematisation of the notion of inference at the forefront of his construction of an axiomatic logical system, Peano modelled his early logical systems as mathematical calculi and did not really attempt to justify reasoning. Second, I argue that in later works on logic Peano advanced towards a deductive approach that was closer to Frege’s standpoint.
PB Peeters Publishers
SN 0024-5836
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132638
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132638
LA eng
NO Bertran-San-Millán, J. (2021) "Frege, Peano and the construction of a logical calculus", Logique et Analyse, 253, pp. 3-22. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.2143/LEA.253.0.3289334
NO The work in this paper was suported by the Formal Epistemology - the Future Synthesis grant, in the framework of the Praemium Academicum programme of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 mar 2026