Edward O Sisson
Biographic Data
| ID | 963299 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward O Sisson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | O Sisson |
| SIGNATURE | SISSON E O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Reed College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1911 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What is Philosophy? A Proposed Definition
Relation in Reality and Symbolism
The sub-title of this paper is not an apology, but is an “apologia”: the paper is an “essay” in the etymological sense, because, so far as I know, nothing better is possible in the present state of inquiry into the no-man's-land lying between official logic and official linguistics. In trying to write on logico-linguistics for years I have been saved from despair many times by the confession of an eminent mathematician: Professor E. T. Bell, in h…
Human Nature and the Present Crisis
The Copula in Aristotle and Afterwards
Symbolic Logic and “Embedding Language”
Mr. A. F. Bentley in his Linguistic Analysis of Mathematics has attacked the problem of the “embedding language” of mathematics; “This essay” we read in the Foreword, “deals with the language of mathematics, including not only the mathematical symbols, but also those immediately surrounding forms of expressions and assertions through which the symbols are developed, communicated and interpreted. The writer seeks to establish a firm construction f…
The Essentials of Character
Sociology and Modern Social Problems
This book is intended as an elementary text in sociology as applied to modern social problems, for use in institutions where but a short time can be given to the subject, in courses in sociology where it is desired to combine it with a study of current social problems on the one hand, and to correlate it with a course in economics on the other.The book is also especially suited for use in University Extension Courses and in Teachers' Reading Circ…
Sociology and Modern Social Problems
This book is intended as an elementary text in sociology as applied to modern social problems, for use in institutions where but a short time can be given to the subject, in courses in sociology where it is desired to combine it with a study of current social problems on the one hand, and to correlate it with a course in economics on the other.The book is also especially suited for use in University Extension Courses and in Teachers' Reading Circ…
Sociology and Modern Social Problems
This book is intended as an elementary text in sociology as applied to modern social problems, for use in institutions where but a short time can be given to the subject, in courses in sociology where it is desired to combine it with a study of current social problems on the one hand, and to correlate it with a course in economics on the other.The book is also especially suited for use in University Extension Courses and in Teachers' Reading Circ…
The Essentials of Character
Symbolic Logic and “Embedding Language”
Mr. A. F. Bentley in his Linguistic Analysis of Mathematics has attacked the problem of the “embedding language” of mathematics; “This essay” we read in the Foreword, “deals with the language of mathematics, including not only the mathematical symbols, but also those immediately surrounding forms of expressions and assertions through which the symbols are developed, communicated and interpreted. The writer seeks to establish a firm construction f…
The Copula in Aristotle and Afterwards
Relation in Reality and Symbolism
The sub-title of this paper is not an apology, but is an “apologia”: the paper is an “essay” in the etymological sense, because, so far as I know, nothing better is possible in the present state of inquiry into the no-man's-land lying between official logic and official linguistics. In trying to write on logico-linguistics for years I have been saved from despair many times by the confession of an eminent mathematician: Professor E. T. Bell, in h…
Human Nature and the Present Crisis
What is Philosophy? A Proposed Definition
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Contemporary philosophy (4 works) · General interest (3 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History and Theory of Mathematics (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works)