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16 produkter
Making a Difference
Essays on the Philosophy of Causation
Av Huw Price, Christopher Hitchcock m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1155 kr
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Making a Difference presents fifteen original essays on causation and counterfactuals by an international team of experts. Collectively, they represent the state of the art on these topics. The essays in this volume are inspired by the life and work of Peter Menzies, who made a difference in the …
Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality
Russell's Republic Revisited
E-bok, 2007
587 kr
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In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars without foundations. Russell''s revolutionary conclusion was that ''the law of causality is a …
Naturalism Without Mirrors
Av Huw Price
Inbunden, 2011
1555 kr
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This volume brings together fourteen major essays on truth, naturalism, expressivism and representationalism, by one of contemporary philosophy's most challenging thinkers. Huw Price weaves together Quinean minimalism about truth, Carnapian deflationism about metaphysics, Wittgensteinian pluralism …
Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point
New Directions for the Physics of Time
Av Huw Price
Inbunden, 1996
1445 kr
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The arrow of time and the meaning of quantum mechanics are two of the great mysteries of modern physics. This important book - written for non-specialist readers, as well as physicists and philosophers - throws a fascinating new light on both issues, and connects them in a wholly original way.In …
Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point
New Directions for the Physics of Time
Av Huw Price
Häftad, 1997
422 kr
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`splendidly provocative ... enjoy it as a feast for the imagination.' John Gribbin, Sunday Times Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way round? The universe began with the Big Bang - will it end with a 'Big Crunch'? This exciting book …
The Practical Turn
Pragmatism in Britain in the Long Twentieth Century
Av Misak, Cheryl Misak m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
780 kr
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American pragmatism, born in the 1870s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has as its central insight the idea that our philosophical concepts of truth, knowledge, probability, and so on must start with, and remain linked to, human experience and inquiry. This book traces and assesses the strong influence …
Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point
New Directions for the Physics of Time
Av Huw Price
E-bok, 1997
208 kr
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Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? In this important and accessible book, Huw Price throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of modern physics, …
Making a Difference
Essays on the Philosophy of Causation
Av BEEBEE ET AL, Helen Beebee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1811 kr
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Making a Difference presents fifteen original essays on causation and counterfactuals by an international team of experts. Collectively, they represent the state of the art on these topics. The essays in this volume are inspired by the life and work of Peter Menzies, who made a difference in the …
Facts and the Function of Truth
Expanded Edition
Av Huw Price
Inbunden, 2026
1704 kr
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Philosophers and linguists often distinguish between fact-stating claims and other uses of language. The distinction is drawn in various ways: descriptive versus expressive, cognitive versus noncognitive, or truth-apt versus non-truth-apt uses, for example. Which of these, if any, is basic? Huw …
Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality
Russell's Republic Revisited
Inbunden, 2007
2719 kr
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In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars without foundations. Russell's revolutionary conclusion was that 'the law of causality is a …
Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality
Russell's Republic Revisited
Av Huw Price, Richard Corry m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
968 kr
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In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars without foundations. Russell's revolutionary conclusion was that 'the law of causality is a …
Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point
New Directions for the Physics of Time
Av Huw Price
E-bok, 1997
208 kr
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Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about the world? In this important and accessible book, Huw Price throws fascinating new light on some of the great mysteries of modern physics, …
Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism
Av Huw Price, Simon Blackburn m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
502 kr
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Pragmatists have traditionally been enemies of representationalism but friends of naturalism, when naturalism is understood to pertain to human subjects, in the sense of Hume and Nietzsche. In this volume Huw Price presents his distinctive version of this traditional combination, as delivered in …
Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism
Av Huw Price, Simon Blackburn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1391 kr
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Pragmatists have traditionally been enemies of representationalism but friends of naturalism, when naturalism is understood to pertain to human subjects, in the sense of Hume and Nietzsche. In this volume Huw Price presents his distinctive version of this traditional combination, as delivered in …
Decision Theory and the Future of AI
Av Yang Liu, Stephan Hartmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1098 kr
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This book appeals to students, researchers and professionals working in philosophy and related fields on decision theory applied to artificial intelligence. These chapters stem from the topical conference series, ‘Decision Theory and the Future of AI’ which began in 2017 as a collaboration between …
Decision Theory and the Future of AI
Av Yang Liu, Stephan Hartmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1098 kr
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This book appeals to students, researchers and professionals working in philosophy and related fields on decision theory applied to artificial intelligence. These chapters stem from the topical conference series, ‘Decision Theory and the Future of AI’ which began in 2017 as a collaboration between …
