Logical machine

Logical machine is a term used by Allan Marquand (1853-1924) in 1883, perhaps in response to the ideas of Charles Sanders Peirce's "Logical Machines" as appearing for example in The American Journal of Psychology, 1. Nov. 1887, p. 165-170 (Google Books Eprint page 165).

Bibliography

• Marquand, Allan
  • (1883), "A Machine for Producing Syllogistic Variation" in C. S. Peirce, ed., Studies in Logic, pp. 12–15, along with "Note on an Eight-Term Logical Machine", p. 16. Google Books Eprint. Book reprinted 1983 with introduction by Max Fisch.
  • (1886), "A New Logical Machine", Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21: 303–07. Google Books Eprint.
• Peirce, C. S.
  • (1886 letter), Letter, Peirce to A. Marquand, 1886 December 30, published 1993 in Kloesel, C. et al., eds., Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Vol. 5. Indiana Univ. Press, pp. 421–3. Google Books Preview.
  • (1887), "Logical Machines", The American Journal of Psychology v. 1, n. 1, Baltimore: N. Murray, pp. 165–70. Google Books Eprint. Reprinted in (1976) The New Elements of Mathematics v. III, pt. 1, pp. 625–32; (1997) Modern Logic 7:71–77, Project Euclid Eprint; and (2000) Writings of Charles S. Peirce v. 6, pp. 65–73.
• Baldwin, Mark James (1902), "Logical Machine", Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, pp. 28–30 Google Books Eprint. Classics in the History of Psychology Eprint.
• Ketner, Kenneth Laine (1984), "The early history of computer design: Charles Sanders Peirce and Marquand's logical machines", with the assistance of Arthur Franklin Stewart, Princeton University Library Chronicle, v. 45, n. 3, pp. 186–211. PULC 15MB PDF Eprint.
• Dalakov, Georgi (undated), "Charles Peirce and Allan Marquand", History of Computers and Computing. Eprint.

See also

• Logics for computability