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Structure of Scientific Revolutions
50th Anniversary Edition
Av Thomas S. Kuhn, Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2012
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (6)
204 kr
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A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were-and still are. "The Structure of …
Social Construction of What?
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2000
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
345 kr
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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book …
Historical Ontology
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2004
324 kr
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With the unusual clarity, distinctive and engaging style, and penetrating insight that have drawn such a wide range of readers to his work, Ian Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is …
Mad Travelers
Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2002
335 kr
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Ian Hacking tells the fascinating tale of Albert Dadas, a native of France’s Bordeaux region and the first diagnosed mad traveler. Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he traveled. Using the records …
Structure of Scientific Revolutions – 50th Anniversary Edition
Av Thomas S. Kuhn, Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 2012
508 kr
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A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were - and still are. "The Structure of …
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2001
667 kr
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This is an introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. The book has been designed to offer maximal accessibility to the widest range of students (not only those majoring in philosophy) and assumes no formal training in …
Representing and Intervening
Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 1983
471 kr
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This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. 'Representing' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific …
Fronesis 82-83. Slumpen
Av Ian Hacking, Mathias Wåg m. fl.
2024
150 kr
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Slumpen är ett mångtydigt och delvis motsägelsefullt begrepp. Å ena sidan har slumpen avfärdats som ingenting. Å andra sidan har den betraktats som en grundläggande egenskap hos naturens ordning eller oordning. Slumpen är på samma gång en epistemologisk och en ontologisk kategori. Den präglar våra …
Rewriting the Soul
Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 1998
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
471 kr
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Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but today hundreds of people receive treatment for dissociative disorders in every sizable town in North America. Clinicians, backed by a grassroots movement of …
Scientific Revolutions
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 1981
832 kr
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Bringing together important writings not easily available elsewhere, this volume provides a convenient and stimulating overview of recent work in the philosophy of science. The contributors include Paul Feyerabend, Ian Hacking, T.S. Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, Laurens Laudan, Karl Popper, Hilary Putnam, …
Philosophy and Animal Life
Av Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
245 kr
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Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. Cora Diamond begins with "The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy," in which she accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, …
Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 1975
401 kr
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Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philosophy and must in some sense continue to do so. Ian Hacking considers here some dozen case studies in the history of philosophy to show the different ways in …
Exercises in Analysis
Essays by Students of Casimir Lewy
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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This is a volume of specially commissioned essays of analytical philosophy, on topics of current interest in ethics and the philosophy of logic and language. Among the topics discussed are the making of wicked promises, G. E. Moore's early ethical views, as well as indexicals, tense, indeterminism, …
Logic of Statistical Inference
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 1976
716 kr
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This book is a philosophical study of the basic principles of statistical reasoning. Professor Hacking has sought to discover the simple principles which underlie modern work in mathematical statistics and to test them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical consequences fort …
The Taming of Chance
Av Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 1990
1351 kr
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In this important study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as the best-selling The Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late-nineteenth century it became …
The Taming of Chance
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 1990
416 kr
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In this important study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as the best-selling The Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late-nineteenth century it became …
The Emergence of Probability
A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2006
347 kr
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Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical …
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
Av Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 2001
1710 kr
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This is an introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. The book has been designed to offer maximal accessibility to the widest range of students (not only those majoring in philosophy) and assumes no formal training in …
The Emergence of Probability
A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
Av Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 2006
1418 kr
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Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical …
Mad Travelers
Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses
Av Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 1998
807 kr
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An occasional employee of a local gas company, Albert Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he travelled. He became notorious for his extraordinary expeditions to such far-reaching spots as Algeria, …
Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?
Av Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 2014
1322 kr
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This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the …
Logic of Statistical Inference
Av Ian Hacking
Inbunden, 2016
1501 kr
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One of Ian Hacking's earliest publications, this book showcases his early ideas on the central concepts and questions surrounding statistical reasoning. He explores the basic principles of statistical reasoning and tests them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical …
Representing and Intervening
Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 1983
457 kr
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This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. ''Representing'' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific …
Emergence of Probability
A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 2006
375 kr
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Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical …
Representing and Intervening
Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 1983
457 kr
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This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. ''Representing'' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific …
Emergence of Probability
A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 2006
375 kr
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Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical …
Taming of Chance
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 1990
399 kr
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In this important study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as the best-selling The Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late-nineteenth century it became …
Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?
Av Ian Hacking
Häftad, 2014
439 kr
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This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the …
Taming of Chance
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 1990
399 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this important study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as the best-selling The Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late-nineteenth century it became …
Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?
Av Ian Hacking
E-bok, 2014
424 kr
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This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as ''what makes mathematics mathematics?'', ''where did proof come from and how did it evolve?'', and ''how did the …
