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The pragmatist philosopher C. S. Peirce [sic] has been credited as an earlier user of 'logical matrices' (i.e. truth tables) than Wittgenstein. [0] Otherwise,
by wanda 8y ago
The pragmatist philosopher C. S. Peirce [sic] has been credited as an earlier user of 'logical matrices' (i.e. truth tables) than Wittgenstein. [0]
Otherwise, I might also have mentioned Wittgenstein's alleged invention of truth tables in my reply!
It seems Wittgenstein was simply an early user of them. Perhaps he coincidentally came up with the invention himself, but probably not.
[0]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1108.2429.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1108.2429.pdf
- pmoriarty 8y agoAs a sidenote: though Peirce is widely known as a Pragmatist, he was also a logician, and truth tables were but one of the many contributions he made to logic.