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The Adventures of Logic in Communist Russia

Ivan Zelić

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The author presents an overview of the very turbulent course of development to which logic was subjected in Communist Russia. During the first three decades of Communist rule logic was eliminated from the educational system, and the official attitude
towards it was overtly hostile. In 1946, following Stalin’s personal intervention, logic was reintroduced into the educational system. Almost the entire two decades which ensued denote a period in which Russian logicians fought for the rebirth, development and affirmation of logic in their country. In the course of this struggle they were
faced with many and varied obstacles and difficulties. In the final stage of the battle logic was eventually acknowledged in Russia as a respectable discipline and would thereafter achieve its development peacefully. The author presents data to support the above and describes both tragic and tragicomical events illustrating the aforesaid
as well as upheavals which occurred. Much of the data became known only after the recollections of some Russian philosophers were published in the wake of the collapse
of Communism.

Ključne riječi

history of logic; Russian logic; philosophical logic; Asmus; modal logic, USSR; Communism

Hrčak ID:

146860

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/146860

Datum izdavanja:

30.9.2015.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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