Dr Sara Uckelman s.l.uckelman@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)?
Uckelman, Sara L.
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Abstract
Christine Ladd-Franklin is often hailed as a guiding star in the history of women in logic—not only did she study under C. S. Peirce and was one of the first women to receive a PhD from Johns Hopkins, she also, according to many modern commentators, solved a logical problem which had plagued the field of syllogisms since Aristotle. In this paper, we revisit this claim, posing and answering two distinct questions: Which logical problem did Ladd-Franklin solve in her thesis, and which problem did she think she solved? We show that in neither case is the answer “a long-standing problem due to Aristotle.” Instead, what Ladd-Franklin solved was a problem due to Jevons that was first articulated in the nineteenth century.
Citation
Uckelman, S. L. (2021). What Problem Did Ladd-Franklin (Think She) Solve(d)?. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 62(3), 527-552. https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2021-0026
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 5, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 6, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-08 |
Deposit Date | Apr 20, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 20, 2021 |
Journal | Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic |
Print ISSN | 0029-4527 |
Electronic ISSN | 1939-0726 |
Publisher | University of Notre Dame |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 62 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 527-552 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2021-0026 |
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