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Alfred Tarski and the "Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages"
A Running Commentary with Consideration of the Polish Original and the German Translation
Inbunden, 2016
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This book provides a detailed commentary on the classic monograph by Alfred Tarski, and offers a reinterpretation and retranslation of the work using the original Polish text and the English and German translations. In the original work, Tarski presents a method for constructing definitions of …
Epistemology versus Ontology
Essays on the Philosophy and Foundations of Mathematics in Honour of Per Martin-Löf
Av P. Dybjer, Sten Lindström m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
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This book brings together philosophers, mathematicians and logicians to penetrate important problems in the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. In philosophy, one has been concerned with the opposition between constructivism and classical mathematics and the different ontological and …
Logic, Thought and Action
Häftad, 2005
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their communication abilities? The ?rst part of the book,Reason, - tion and Communication, contains a general philosophicaldiscussion of these important questions. In Chapter 2,The Balance ofReason, Dascal discusses the ideal of aperfectly reliable balance of reason, an ideal challenged by …
Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
Av Shahid Rahman, John Symons m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
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The aim of the series Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, of which this is the first volume, is to take up anew the challenge of considering the scientific enterprise in its entirety in light of recent developments in logic and philosophy. Developments in logic are especially relevant to …
Nature's Principles
Av Jan Faye, Paul Needham m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
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One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants. It begins with an extensive introduction …
Age of Alternative Logics
Assessing Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics Today
Av Johan van Benthem, Gerhard Heinzmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
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In the last century developments in mathematics, philosophy, physics, computer science, economics and linguistics have proven important for the development of logic. There has been an influx of new ideas, concerns, and logical systems reflecting a great variety of reasoning tasks in the sciences. …
Perspectives on Mathematical Practices
Bringing Together Philosophy of Mathematics, Sociology of Mathematics, and Mathematics Education
Av Bart van Kerkhove, jean paul van bendegem
Inbunden, 2006
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Philosophy of mathematics today has transformed into a very complex network of diverse ideas, viewpoints, and theories. Sometimes the emphasis is on the "classical" foundational work (often connected with the use of formal logical methods), sometimes on the sociological dimension of the …
Influence of Genetics on Contemporary Thinking
Av Anne Fagot-Largeault, Shahid Rahman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
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This interdisciplinary volume reflects on the effects of recent discoveries in genetics on a broad range of scientific fields. It shows the way in which those discoveries influence genetics itself and many other fields, and explains the impact of genetics on contemporary culture. The volume …
Formalizing Medieval Logical Theories
Suppositio, Consequentiae and Obligationes
Inbunden, 2007
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Perhaps one of the most striking characteristics of later medieval philosophy and science is the remarkable unity with which the different fields of investigation were articulated to each other, in particular with respect to the methodology used. While it is fair to say that current science is …
Induction, Algorithmic Learning Theory, and Philosophy
Av Michèle Friend, Norma B. Goethe m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
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The idea of the present volume emerged in 2002 from a series of talks by Frank Stephan in 2002, and John Case in 2003, on developments of algorithmic learning theory. These talks took place in the Mathematics Department at the George Washington University. Following the talks, …
Information and Knowledge
A Constructive Type-theoretical Approach
Inbunden, 2007
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This research is the result of a fruitful connection and provides a sign- cant link between two topics of a logical and philosophical enquiry. It tries to provide a solution to the problem of analyticity: with this expression I understand, on the one hand, the essential nature of analytic truths …
Unity of Science in the Arabic Tradition
Science, Logic, Epistemology and their Interactions
Av Shahid Rahman, Tony Street m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
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the demise of the logical positivism programme. The answers given to these qu- tions have deepened the already existing gap between philosophy and the history and practice of science. While the positivists argued for a spontaneous, steady and continuous growth of scientific knowledge the …
Unity, Truth and the Liar
The Modern Relevance of Medieval Solutions to the Liar Paradox
Av Shahid Rahman, Tero Tulenheimo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
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Andinmy haste, I said: “Allmenare Liars” 1 —Psalms 116:11 The Original Lie Philosophical analysis often reveals and seldom solves paradoxes. To quote Stephen Read: A paradox arises when an unacceptable conclusion is supported by a plausible argument from apparently acceptable premises. [...] So …
Modalities and Multimodalities
Av Walter Carnielli, Claudio Pizzi
Inbunden, 2008
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In the last two decades modal logic has undergone an explosive growth, to thepointthatacompletebibliographyofthisbranchoflogic,supposingthat someone were capable to compile it, would ?ll itself a ponderous volume. What is impressive in the growth of modal logic has not been so much the quick …
Leibniz: What Kind of Rationalist?
Inbunden, 2008
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was an outstanding contributor to many fields of human knowledge. The historiography of philosophy has tagged him as a “rationalist”. But what does this exactly mean? Is he a “rationalist” in the same sense in Mathematics and Politics, in Physics and Jurisprudence, in …
Games: Unifying Logic, Language, and Philosophy
Av Ondrej Majer, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
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OndrejMajer,Ahti-VeikkoPietarinen,andTeroTulenheimo 1 Games and logic in philosophy Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the unifying methodo- gies over what have been perceived as pretty disparate logical ‘systems’, or else merely an assortment of formal and mathematical ‘approaches’ …
From a Geometrical Point of View
A Study of the History and Philosophy of Category Theory
Inbunden, 2009
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From a Geometrical Point of View explores historical and philosophical aspects of category theory, trying therewith to expose its significance in the mathematical landscape. The main thesis is that Klein’s Erlangen program in geometry is in fact a particular instance of a general and broad …
Philosophers and Mathematics
Festschrift for Roshdi Rashed
Häftad, 2018
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This book explores the unique relationship between two different approaches to understand the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. It collects essays that examine the distinctive historical relationship between mathematics and philosophy. Readers learn what key philosophers throughout the …
Intuitionistic Proof Versus Classical Truth
The Role of Brouwer’s Creative Subject in Intuitionistic Mathematics
Häftad, 2018
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This book examines the role of acts of choice in classical and intuitionistic mathematics. Featuring fifteen papers – both new and previously published – it offers a fresh analysis of concepts developed by the mathematician and philosopher L.E.J. Brouwer, the founder of intuitionism.The author …
Constructive Semantics
Meaning in Between Phenomenology and Constructivism
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This edited book brings together research work in the field of constructive semantics with scholarship on the phenomenological foundations of logic and mathematics. It addresses one of the central issues in the epistemology and philosophy of mathematics, namely the relationship between …
Constructive Semantics
Meaning in Between Phenomenology and Constructivism
Häftad, 2020
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This edited book brings together research work in the field of constructive semantics with scholarship on the phenomenological foundations of logic and mathematics. It addresses one of the central issues in the epistemology and philosophy of mathematics, namely the relationship between …
Semantics and Truth
Av Jan Woleński
Inbunden, 2020
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The book provides a historical (with an outline of the history of the concept of truth from antiquity to our time) and systematic exposition of the semantic theory of truth formulated by Alfred Tarski in the 1930s. This theory became famous very soon and inspired logicians and philosophers. It has …
Semantics and Truth
Av Jan Woleński
Häftad, 2021
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The book provides a historical (with an outline of the history of the concept of truth from antiquity to our time) and systematic exposition of the semantic theory of truth formulated by Alfred Tarski in the 1930s. This theory became famous very soon and inspired logicians and philosophers. It has …
Peirce and Husserl: Mutual Insights on Logic, Mathematics and Cognition
Av Mohammad Shafiei, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Inbunden, 2019
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This volume aims to provide the elements for a systematic exploration of certain fundamental notions of Peirce and Husserl in respect with foundations of science by means of drawing a parallelism between their works. Tackling a largely understudied comparison between these two contemporary …
Peirce and Husserl: Mutual Insights on Logic, Mathematics and Cognition
Av Mohammad Shafiei, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Häftad, 2020
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This volume aims to provide the elements for a systematic exploration of certain fundamental notions of Peirce and Husserl in respect with foundations of science by means of drawing a parallelism between their works. Tackling a largely understudied comparison between these two contemporary …
Essay on Machines in General (1786)
Text, Translations and Commentaries. Lazare Carnot's Mechanics - Volume 1
Av Raffaele Pisano, Jennifer Coopersmith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
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This book offers insights relevant to modern history and epistemology of physics,mathematics and, indeed, to all the sciences and engineering disciplines emergingof 19th century. This research volume is the first of a set of three Springer books onLazare Nicolas Marguérite Carnot’s (1753–1823) …
Essay on Machines in General (1786)
Text, Translations and Commentaries. Lazare Carnot's Mechanics - Volume 1
Av Raffaele Pisano, Jennifer Coopersmith m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1530 kr
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This book offers insights relevant to modern history and epistemology of physics,mathematics and, indeed, to all the sciences and engineering disciplines emergingof 19th century. This research volume is the first of a set of three Springer books onLazare Nicolas Marguérite Carnot’s (1753–1823) …
Knowledge at the Boundaries
Inbunden, 2020
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The book offers a reflection on the nature, scope, and limits of knowledge that have been at the focus of the author's work over decades. The essays collected in this volume expound and extend these efforts in exploring the outer fringes of understanding: the outer boundaries of conceivability, the …
Knowledge at the Boundaries
Häftad, 2021
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The book offers a reflection on the nature, scope, and limits of knowledge that have been at the focus of the author's work over decades. The essays collected in this volume expound and extend these efforts in exploring the outer fringes of understanding: the outer boundaries of conceivability, the …
Mathematics, Logic, and their Philosophies
Essays in Honour of Mohammad Ardeshir
Av Mojtaba Mojtahedi, Shahid Rahman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
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This volume is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Mohammad Ardeshir. It examines topics which, in one way or another, are connected to the various aspects of his multidisciplinary research interests. Based on this criterion, the book is divided into three general categories. The first …
