Étienne Bonnot de Condillac · 1798
The Language of Calculation
- Original title
- La Langue des calculs
- Language
- French
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- Treatise
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- No English translation · No public-domain English translation found.
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- gallica.bnf.fr
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- Ben Breen, 2026-09-29; suggested by Claude research agents, 29 Sep 2026
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Q10JUDGMENT
Can a fixed procedure for reasoning settle a disagreement when the participants accept the same premises?Yes. reasoning reduces to calculation. Argues that reasoning is calculation and that a well-made language of signs would make every science as exact as algebra.
Posthumous work in the 1798 Oeuvres de Condillac (Arnoux and Mousnier); separate Gallica record listed in search results.