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Grassmann’s Ausdehnungslehre is basically a remarkable geometrical algebraic way of handling geometric objects, and so does not bear directly upon logic. However, the question posed in this title is worth consideration, for the following four reasons.
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Grattan-Guinness, I. (1996). Where does Grassmann Fit in the History of Logic?. In: Schubring, G. (eds) Hermann Günther Graßmann (1809–1877): Visionary Mathematician, Scientist and Neohumanist Scholar. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 187. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8753-2_17
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