Ventura Reyes Prósper (1863-1922) y la introducción de la nueva lógica en España

Abstract

With a view to an unnoticed paper by Reyes Prósper (1891), «La lógica simbólica», I examine the first and unsuccessful introduction of modern logic in mathematical circles in Spain, in the end of the 19th century and beginnings of 20th. Such reception failures are usually attributed to external and/or general circumstances, ranging from personal vicissitudes to institutional and cultural conditions of Spanish learning. But here we should also pay attention at the very working of the so-called «sowers», i.e. introducing people. Some consequences concerning the study of reception are incidentally suggested.