Finite of Sense and Infinite of Thought:
A History of Computation, Logic and Algebra

This is a history of the development of computation, logic and algebra from classical times to the twentieth century, told through primary sources.

Begin reading.

• Prologue

• I. The Language of Thought

  • Simplex Apprehensio
  • The Clockwork Mind
  • Leibniz’s Instrument
  • The Algebra of Thought

• II. Divine Machines

  • Celestial Mathematics
  • Motion of the Hand, Office of the Mind
  • The Monist
  • The Mind’s Rival in the Wheels and Levers of an Insensible Machine

• III. Ghostbusters

  • Lingua Characteristica
  • Calculation Becomes Deduction
  • The Uncluttered Mind
  • Conceptions of Intelligence
• Epilogue