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Bernard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano ( October 5, 1781December 18, 1848) was a Czech mathematician, theologian, philosopher and logician. He was born in Prague.

He is known for Bolzano's theorem, and also jointly with Karl Weierstrass developed the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem.

In his philosophy, Bolzano attacked the idealism of Hegel and Kant by asserting that numbers, ideas, and truthsThis article is primarily concerned with truth as it is used in the evaluation of assertions. For example, The world is a sphere" is true''. When used in this way, it is properly contrasted with false''. Truth is a concept of primary importance to philoso exist apart from the people who think of them.

Bolzano is commonly regarded as one of the precursors to modern logic. He attempted to provide logical foundations for all scienceFor the scientific journal named Science see Science (journal). Science is both a process of gaining knowledge, and the organized body of knowledge gained by this process. The scientific process is the systematic acquisition of new knowledge about a systes.

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