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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought

George Boole · 1854
Mentioned 2 times across 2 podcasts · 2026
Mention timeline2 mentions
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Where it's mentioned
Why Logic Alone Can't Explain the Human Mind (with Tom Griffiths)
A Productive Conversation · Aug 2026
“he wrote this book called An Investigation of the Laws of Thought. That title is obviously echoed by my title here”
343 | Tom Griffiths on The Laws of Thought
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Feb 2026
“that that title, the The Laws of Thought, that comes from that 19th century effort where Goul and his contemporaries were interested in this idea that, yeah, just like you have the laws of nature, you might have this parallel laws of thought ... an investigation of the laws of thought, which the first half is about probability theory, and then the second half is about, sorry, the first half is about The first half is about logic and the second half is about probability theory”