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06 Nov 08

The Atlantic Online | July 1945 | As We May Think | Vannevar Bush

  • Whenever logical processes of thought are employed—that is,
    whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove—there is an
    opportunity for the machine. Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the
    hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls. It is readily possible
    to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal
    logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits. Put a set of premises into
    such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after
    conclusion, all in accordance with logical law, and with no more slips than
    would be expected of a keyboard adding machine.
  • A new symbolism, probably positional, must apparently precede the reduction of
    mathematical transformations to machine processes. Then, on beyond the strict
    logic of the mathematician, lies the application of logic in everyday affairs.
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