Skip to main content

Language, Logic and Symbols

  • Chapter
Logic and Language
  • 60 Accesses

Abstract

Information and technology are very important in the modern world. Of course, information has been important throughout history, but the way that it has been handled has changed. Initially, the ‘technology’ was purely oral, but gradually technology developed which enabled greater use of information. Major developments in this technology include: the invention of writing; the invention of printing; and the invention of the electronic computer.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Authors

Copyright information

© 2003 C. Neville Dean

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Dean, N. (2003). Language, Logic and Symbols. In: Logic and Language. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-00605-8_1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-00605-8_1

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-0-333-91977-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-0-230-00605-8

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics