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Logical Reasoning for Forecasting in Mesopotamia Cover
By: Andrew Schumann  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

Abstract

In this paper, I show that a kind of perfect logical competence is observed in the Babylonian tablets used for forecasting. In these documents, we see an intuition of some algebraic structures that are used for inferring prognoses as logical conclusions. The paper is based mainly on the omen series reconstructed by N. De Zorzi. It is shown that in composing these divination lists there was implicitly used the Boolean algebra.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0044 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6059 | Journal ISSN: 0860-150X
Language: English
Page range: 721 - 746
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2021 Andrew Schumann, published by University of Białystok
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