#georgeboole — Public Fediverse posts

> Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave neither room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/15114
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#GeorgeBoole (1815–64), mathematician, was born #OTD 1815 at Lincoln.

Largely self-taught, he became professor of #mathematics in the Royal College Cork (the forerunner of #UCC) and worked there there until his death.

DIB: https://www.dib.ie/biography/boole-george-a0780

His work which underlies computer programs was originally applied to test the validity of Spinoza's thought.

Ones and Zeros: the life and work of George Boole

https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/08/ones-and-zeros/

#IrishPhilosophyOTD #HistoryOfMaths #BooleanAlgebra