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samuelgoto commented Feb 6, 2019 •

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According to Boole, all that separates Algebra on Numbers from the ‘Calculus of Thought' is the need to confine the numerical value of symbols to those natural numbers that satisfy the equation: X2 = X.

Boole manipulates X2 = X into its equivalent, X(1-X) = 0, then shows that the only numbers satisfying this simple algebra are ‘1' or ‘0'.

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