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Is Leibnizian calculus embeddable in first order logic?

Authors :
Blaszczyk, Piotr
Kanovei, Vladimir
Katz, Karin U.
Katz, Mikhail G.
Kudryk, Taras
Mormann, Thomas
Sherry, David
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

To explore the extent of embeddability of Leibnizian infinitesimal calculus in first-order logic (FOL) and modern frameworks, we propose to set aside ontological issues and focus on procedural questions. This would enable an account of Leibnizian procedures in a framework limited to FOL with a small number of additional ingredients such as the relation of infinite proximity. If, as we argue here, first order logic is indeed suitable for developing modern proxies for the inferential moves found in Leibnizian infinitesimal calculus, then modern infinitesimal frameworks are more appropriate to interpreting Leibnizian infinitesimal calculus than modern Weierstrassian ones. Keywords: First order logic; infinitesimal calculus; ontology; procedures; Leibniz; Weierstrass; Abraham Robinson<br />Comment: 22 pages, to appear in Foundations of Science

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1605.03501
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-016-9495-6