IV.—BOOLE AND THE REVIVAL OF LOGIC

AT the end of 1847 there appeared a pamphlet called The Mathemnatical Analysis of Logic which is considered by many mathematical logicians to be the beginning of their study. Mr. Alonzo Church, for example, has listed it first among a small number of works which contain new ideas of fundamental importance for the development of the subject.' In this paper, written to celebrate the centenary of the pamphlet,2 1 propose to give (1) a short account of the author, (2) an outline sketch of his work, and (3) a very brief estimate of the importance of his contribution to logic.3