INVESTIGADORES
LEGRIS Javier
capítulos de libros
Título:
Paul Hertz and the Origins of Structural Reasoning
Autor/es:
JAVIER LEGRIS
Libro:
Universal Logic: An Anthology. From Paul Hertz to Dov Gabbay,
Editorial:
BIRKHÄUSER
Referencias:
Lugar: BASEL; Año: 2012; p. 3 - 10
Resumen:
The aim of this note is to introduce and summarizes Paul Hertzs contributionsin his paper On axiomatic systems for arbitrary systems of sentences placing it in itshistorical context In it the first ideas concerning structural reasoning are to be found.Moreover, it influenced strongly Gentzens sequent calculus. The analysis of the formalstructure of proofs was one of Hertzs most important achievements and it can be regardedalso as an anticipation of a theory of proofs in the current sense. In this note Hertzsphilosophical ideas concerning the nature of logic will be also sketched.