Boole, c. 1860 | |
Born | 2 November 1815 |
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Died | 8 December 1864 (aged 49) Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland |
Education | Bainbridge's Commercial Academy[1] |
Spouse(s) | Mary Everest Boole |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Mathematical foundations of computing |
Institutions | LincolnMechanics' Institute[2] Queen's College, Cork |
Mathematics, Logic, Philosophy of mathematics | |
Notable ideas | Boolean algebra |
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MacHale's biography calls George Boole 'an agnostic deist'. Both Booles' classification of 'religious philosophies' as monistic, dualistic, and trinitarian left little doubt about their preference for 'the unity religion', whether Judaic or Unitarian.
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(help)MacHale does not repress this or other evidence of the Boole's nineteenth-century beliefs and practices in the paranormal and in religious mysticism. He even concedes that George Boole's many distinguished contributions to logic and mathematics may have been motivated by his distinctive religious beliefs as an 'agnostic deist' and by an unusual personal sensitivity to the sufferings of other people.
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