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What do Philosophers Do?
Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy
Inbunden, 2017
577 kr
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How do you know the world around you isn't just an elaborate dream, or the creation of an evil neuroscientist? If all you have to go on are various lights, sounds, smells, tastes and tickles, how can you know what the world is really like, or even whether there is a world beyond your own mind? …
What Do Philosophers Do?
Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy
E-bok, 2016
514 kr
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How do you know the world around you isn''t just an elaborate dream, or the creation of an evil neuroscientist? If all you have to go on are various lights, sounds, smells, tastes and tickles, how can you know what the world is really like, or even whether there is a world beyond your own mind? …
What Do Philosophers Do?
Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy
E-bok, 2016
514 kr
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How do you know the world around you isn''t just an elaborate dream, or the creation of an evil neuroscientist? If all you have to go on are various lights, sounds, smells, tastes and tickles, how can you know what the world is really like, or even whether there is a world beyond your own mind? …
Second Philosophy
A Naturalistic Method
E-bok, 2007
505 kr
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Many philosophers these days consider themselves naturalists, but it''s doubtful any two of them intend the same position by the term. In this book, Penelope Maddy describes and practises a particularly austere form of naturalism called ''Second Philosophy''. Without a definitive criterion for what …
Defending the Axioms
On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory
E-bok, 2011
442 kr
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Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly …
A Plea for Natural Philosophy
And Other Essays
Inbunden, 2023
1610 kr
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The philosopher Penelope Maddy is well-known for her pursuit of 'Second Philosophy', a form of naturalism that sees the methods of philosophy as indistinguishable from those of the empirical sciences. This volume collects eleven of her recent essays (five new and six reprinted), exploring a wide …
Plea for Natural Philosophy
And Other Essays
E-bok, 2021
752 kr
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The philosopher Penelope Maddy is well-known for her pursuit of ''Second Philosophy'', a form of naturalism that sees the methods of philosophy as indistinguishable from those of the empirical sciences. This volume collects eleven of her recent essays (five new and six reprinted), exploring a wide …
Plea for Natural Philosophy
And Other Essays
E-bok, 2021
752 kr
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The philosopher Penelope Maddy is well-known for her pursuit of ''Second Philosophy'', a form of naturalism that sees the methods of philosophy as indistinguishable from those of the empirical sciences. This volume collects eleven of her recent essays (five new and six reprinted), exploring a wide …
The Logical Must
Wittgenstein on Logic
Häftad, 2020
638 kr
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The Logical Must is an examination of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of logic, early and late, undertaken from an austere naturalistic perspective Penelope Maddy has called "Second Philosophy." The Second Philosopher is a humble but tireless inquirer who begins her investigation of the world with …
Naturalism in Mathematics
Inbunden, 1997
1078 kr
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Our much-valued mathematical knowledge rests on two supports: the logic of proof and the axioms from which those proofs begin. Naturalism in Mathematics investigates the status of the latter, the fundamental assumptions of mathematics. These were once held to be self-evident, but progress in work …
Realism in Mathematics
Häftad, 1992
968 kr
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When engaged in mathematics, most people tend to think of themselves as scientists investigating the features of real mathematical things, and the wildly successful application of mathematics in the physical sciences reinforces this picture of mathematics as an objective study. For philosophers, …
Naturalism in Mathematics
Häftad, 2000
1023 kr
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Our much-valued mathematical knowledge rests on two supports: the logic of proof and the axioms from which those proofs begin. Naturalism in Mathematics investigates the status of the latter, the fundamental assumptions of mathematics. These were once held to be self-evident, but progress in work …
Second Philosophy
A Naturalistic Method
Inbunden, 2007
895 kr
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Many philosophers these days consider themselves naturalists, but it's doubtful any two of them intend the same position by the term. In this book, Penelope Maddy describes and practises a particularly austere form of naturalism called 'Second Philosophy'. Without a definitive criterion for what …
The Logical Must
Wittgenstein on Logic
Inbunden, 2014
1225 kr
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The Logical Must is an examination of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of logic, early and late, undertaken from an austere naturalistic perspective Penelope Maddy has called "Second Philosophy." The Second Philosopher is a humble but tireless inquirer who begins her investigation of the world with …
Logical Must
Wittgenstein on Logic
E-bok, 2014
440 kr
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The Logical Must is an examination of Ludwig Wittgenstein''s philosophy of logic, early and late, undertaken from an austere naturalistic perspective Penelope Maddy has called "Second Philosophy." The Second Philosopher is a humble but tireless inquirer who begins her investigation of the world …
Second Philosophy
A Naturalistic Method
Häftad, 2009
681 kr
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Many philosophers these days consider themselves naturalists, but it's doubtful any two of them intend the same position by the term. In this book, Penelope Maddy describes and practises a particularly austere form of naturalism called 'Second Philosophy'. Without a definitive criterion for what …
Defending the Axioms
On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory
Inbunden, 2011
1555 kr
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Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly …
Defending the Axioms
On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory
Häftad, 2013
650 kr
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Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly …
Logic Colloquium 2007
Av Françoise Delon, Ulrich Kohlenbach m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1905 kr
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The Annual European Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic, also known as the Logic Colloquium, is among the most prestigious annual meetings in the field. The current volume, Logic Colloquium 2007, with contributions from plenary speakers and selected special session speakers, contains both …
Philosophical Uses of Categoricity Arguments
Av Jouko Vaananen, Penelope Maddy
E-bok, 2023
294 kr
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Philosophical Uses of Categoricity Arguments
Av Penelope Maddy, Jouko Väänänen
Häftad, 2023
302 kr
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This Element addresses the viability of categoricity arguments in philosophy by focusing with some care on the specific conclusions that a sampling of prominent figures have attempted to draw - the same theorem might successfully support one such conclusion while failing to support another. It …
Philosophical Uses of Categoricity Arguments
Av Jouko Vaananen, Penelope Maddy
E-bok, 2023
294 kr
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Philosophical Uses of Categoricity Arguments
Av Penelope Maddy, Jouko Väänänen
Inbunden, 2023
892 kr
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This Element addresses the viability of categoricity arguments in philosophy by focusing with some care on the specific conclusions that a sampling of prominent figures have attempted to draw - the same theorem might successfully support one such conclusion while failing to support another. It …
Logic Colloquium 2007
Av Françoise Delon, Ulrich Kohlenbach m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
650 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Annual European Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic, also known as the Logic Colloquium, is among the most prestigious annual meetings in the field. The current volume, Logic Colloquium 2007, with contributions from plenary speakers and selected special session speakers, contains both …
