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34 produkter
Philosophy of Mathematics
Structure and Ontology
Häftad, 2000
813 kr
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Do numbers, sets, and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements mean? Are they literally true or false, or do they lack truth values altogether? Addressing questions that have attracted lively debate in recent years, Stewart Shapiro contends that standard realist and antirealist accounts of …
Philosophy of Mathematics
Structure and Ontology
E-bok, 1997
532 kr
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Do numbers, sets, and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements mean? Are they literally true or false, or do they lack truth values altogether? Addressing questions that have attracted lively debate in recent years, Stewart Shapiro contends that standard realist and antirealist accounts of …
Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
E-bok, 2005
2182 kr
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Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general …
Varieties of Continua
From Regions to Points and Back
Av Stewart Shapiro, Geoffrey Hellman
E-bok, 2018
1027 kr
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Varieties of Continua explores the development of the idea of the continuous. Hellman and Shapiro begin with two historical episodes. The first is the remarkably rapid transition in the course of the nineteenth century from the ancient Aristotelian view, that a true continuum cannot be composed of …
Varieties of Logic
E-bok, 2014
381 kr
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Logical pluralism is the view that different logics are equally appropriate, or equally correct. Logical relativism is a pluralism according to which validity and logical consequence are relative to something. In Varieties of Logic , Stewart Shapiro develops several ways in which one can be a …
Varieties of Logic
E-bok, 2014
381 kr
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Logical pluralism is the view that different logics are equally appropriate, or equally correct. Logical relativism is a pluralism according to which validity and logical consequence are relative to something. In Varieties of Logic , Stewart Shapiro develops several ways in which one can be a …
History of Continua
Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives
Av Geoffrey Hellman, Stewart Shapiro
E-bok, 2020
1818 kr
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Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It is a unified whole. …
History of Continua
Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives
Av Geoffrey Hellman, Stewart Shapiro
E-bok, 2020
1925 kr
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Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It is a unified whole. …
Thinking about Mathematics
The Philosophy of Mathematics
Häftad, 2000
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
694 kr
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This unique text by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics in four comprehensive sections. The first describes questions and issues about mathematics that have motivated philosophers almost since the beginning of intellectual history. Part II …
Philosophy of Mathematics
Structure and Ontology
Inbunden, 1997
1376 kr
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Thinking about Mathematics covers the range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics. The text describes the questions about mathematics that motivated philosophers throughout its history and covers historical figures, such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill. It presents the …
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
Inbunden, 2005
3131 kr
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Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general …
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
Häftad, 2007
1005 kr
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Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general …
Philosophy of Mathematics
Structure and Ontology
E-bok, 1997
532 kr
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Do numbers, sets, and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements mean? Are they literally true or false, or do they lack truth values altogether? Addressing questions that have attracted lively debate in recent years, Stewart Shapiro contends that standard realist and antirealist accounts of …
Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
E-bok, 2005
2182 kr
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Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general …
Foundations without Foundationalism
A Case for Second-Order Logic
Häftad, 2000
1096 kr
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Stewart Shapiro presents a distinctive and persuasive view of the foundations of mathematics, arguing controversially that second-order logic has a central role to play in laying these foundations. To support this contention, he first gives a detailed development of second-order and higher-order …
Foundations without Foundationalism
A Case for Second-Order Logic
Inbunden, 1991
1408 kr
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The central contention of this book is that second-order logic has a central role to play in laying the foundations of mathematics. In order to develop the argument fully, the author presents a detailed development of higher-order logic, including a comprehensive discussion of its …
Varieties of Continua
From Regions to Points and Back
Av Geoffrey Hellman, Stewart Shapiro
Inbunden, 2018
1481 kr
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Varieties of Continua explores the development of the idea of the continuous. Hellman and Shapiro begin with two historical episodes. The first is the remarkably rapid transition in the course of the nineteenth century from the ancient Aristotelian view, that a true continuum cannot be composed of …
The History of Continua
Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives
Av Stewart Shapiro, Stewart Shapiro m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2597 kr
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Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It is a unified whole. …
Varieties of Logic
Häftad, 2020
601 kr
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Logical pluralism is the view that different logics are equally appropriate, or equally correct. Logical relativism is a pluralism according to which validity and logical consequence are relative to something. In Varieties of Logic, Stewart Shapiro develops several ways in which one can be a …
Vagueness in Context
Inbunden, 2006
2719 kr
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Stewart Shapiro's aim in Vagueness in Context is to develop both a philosophical and a formal, model-theoretic account of the meaning, function, and logic of vague terms in an idealized version of a natural language like English. It is a commonplace that the extensions of vague terms vary with such …
Vagueness in Context
Häftad, 2008
862 kr
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Stewart Shapiro's aim in Vagueness in Context is to develop both a philosophical and a formal, model-theoretic account of the meaning, function, and logic of vague terms in an idealized version of a natural language like English. It is a commonplace that the extensions of vague terms vary with such …
Varieties of Logic
Inbunden, 2014
1591 kr
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Logical pluralism is the view that different logics are equally appropriate, or equally correct. Logical relativism is a pluralism according to which validity and logical consequence are relative to something. In Varieties of Logic, Stewart Shapiro develops several ways in which one can be a …
Mathematical Structuralism
Av Geoffrey Hellman, Stewart Shapiro
Häftad, 2018
308 kr
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The present work is a systematic study of five frameworks or perspectives articulating mathematical structuralism, whose core idea is that mathematics is concerned primarily with interrelations in abstraction from the nature of objects. The first two, set-theoretic and category-theoretic, arose …
Mathematical Structuralism
Av Stewart Shapiro, Geoffrey Hellman
E-bok, 2018
287 kr
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The present work is a systematic study of five frameworks or perspectives articulating mathematical structuralism, whose core idea is that mathematics is concerned primarily with interrelations in abstraction from the nature of objects. The first two, set-theoretic and category-theoretic, arose …
Mathematical Structuralism
Av Stewart Shapiro, Geoffrey Hellman
E-bok, 2018
294 kr
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The present work is a systematic study of five frameworks or perspectives articulating mathematical structuralism, whose core idea is that mathematics is concerned primarily with interrelations in abstraction from the nature of objects. The first two, set-theoretic and category-theoretic, arose …
Classical First-Order Logic
Av Stewart Shapiro, Teresa Kouri Kissel
Häftad, 2022
302 kr
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One is often said to be reasoning well when they are reasoning logically. Many attempts to say what logical reasoning is have been proposed, but one commonly proposed system is first-order classical logic. This Element will examine the basics of first-order classical logic and discuss some …
Classical First-Order Logic
Av Teresa Kouri Kissel, Stewart Shapiro
E-bok, 2022
294 kr
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One is often said to be reasoning well when they are reasoning logically. Many attempts to say what logical reasoning is have been proposed, but one commonly proposed system is first-order classical logic. This Element will examine the basics of first-order classical logic and discuss some …
Classical First-Order Logic
Av Teresa Kouri Kissel, Stewart Shapiro
E-bok, 2022
287 kr
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One is often said to be reasoning well when they are reasoning logically. Many attempts to say what logical reasoning is have been proposed, but one commonly proposed system is first-order classical logic. This Element will examine the basics of first-order classical logic and discuss some …
Limits of Logic
Higher-Order Logic and the Löwenheim-Skolem Theorem
E-bok, 2016
813 kr
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The International research Library of Philosophy collects in book form a wide range of important and influential essays in philosophy, drawn predominantly from English-language journals. Each volume in the library deals with a field of enquiry which has received significant attention in philosophy …
Limits of Logic
Higher-Order Logic and the Löwenheim-Skolem Theorem
E-bok, 2016
831 kr
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The International research Library of Philosophy collects in book form a wide range of important and influential essays in philosophy, drawn predominantly from English-language journals. Each volume in the library deals with a field of enquiry which has received significant attention in philosophy …
