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Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics
Av Tomasz Bigaj, Christian Wüthrich
Inbunden, 2015
2719 kr
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This book is a collection of essays whose topics center around relations between analytic metaphysics and modern physical theories. The contributions to the volume cover a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from metaphysical implications of selected physical theories (quantum mechanics, quantum …
Limits of Science
An Analysis from “Barriers” to “Confines”
Inbunden, 2016
1762 kr
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The problem of the limits of science is twofold. First, there is the problem of demarcation, i.e., the boundaries or “barriers” between what is science and what is not science. Second, there is the problem of the ceiling of scientific activity, which leads to the “confines” of this human …
Lvov-Warsaw School and Contemporary Philosophy of Language
Inbunden, 2021
2596 kr
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This book highlights the legacy of the Lvov-Warsaw School in broadly understood contemporary philosophy of language. Fundamental methodological issues, important topics in syntax, semantics and pragmatics (such as modern Categorial Grammar, theories of truth, game-theoretical semantics, and …
From Scientific Philosophy to Myth: An Unquiet Philosophical Journey
Volume 1: Studies Inspired by Francesco Coniglione
Inbunden, 2026
2400 kr
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Philosophy was always outstretched between mythos and logos. In different historical periods the proportions between these two constituents of philosophical thought were shaped differently. Papers gathered in this book examine these two poles of philosophical thinking treated not in oppositional, …
From Scientific Philosophy to Myth: An Unquiet Philosophical Journey
Volume 2: Studies Offered to Francesco Coniglione
Inbunden, 2026
2400 kr
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Philosophical work can be analyzed from two points of view, the historical and the systematic one. Papers gathered in this book examine the work of Francesco Coniglione from these two poles of philosophical analysis. From the historical point of view, the contributors ask what Coniglione meant when …
Locality of Reason
Introducing Locality into the Debates on Reason and Rationality
Inbunden, 2025
2035 kr
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This volume rethinks debates about reason's universality and relativity by foregrounding its inherent locality. Rather than seeing reason as either universally valid or irreducibly relative, the book explores how rationality is always shaped by different contexts, drawing on vast research from …
Logic, Knowledge, and Tradition: Essays in Honor of Srećko Kovač
Inbunden, 2026
2400 kr
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This book brings together a diverse collection of contemporary studies in logic and its philosophical applications, honoring the legacy of Srećko Kovač, a distinguished contemporary Croatian logician and philosopher. The essays reflect a rich interplay between formal logic, metaphilosophy, …
Essays in Logic and Ontology
Inbunden, 2007
2192 kr
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The aim of this book is to present essays centered upon the subjects of Formal Ontology and Logical Philosophy. The idea of investigating philosophical problems by means of logical methods was intensively promoted in Torun by the Department of Logic of Nicolaus Copernicus University during last …
Epistemology and the Social
Häftad, 2008
1279 kr
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Epistemology had to come to terms with “the social” on two different occasions. The first was represented by the dispute about the epistemological status of the “social” sciences, and in this case the already well established epistemology of the natural sciences seemed to have the right to dictate …
Essays in the Philosophy and History of Logic and Mathematics
Inbunden, 2010
1892 kr
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The book is a collection of the author’s selected works in the philosophy and history of logic and mathematics. Papers in Part I include both general surveys of contemporary philosophy of mathematics as well as studies devoted to specialized topics, like Cantor's philosophy of set theory, the …
Scientific Realism and Democratic Society
The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher
Inbunden, 2011
2348 kr
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Philip Kitcher is among the key philosophers of science of our times. This volume offers an up to date analysis of his philosophical perspective taking into account his views on scientific realism and democratic society. The contributors to the volume focus on four different aspects of Kitcher’s …
Thinking about Provincialism in Thinking
Inbunden, 2012
1627 kr
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The volume addresses a problem rarely discussed by philosophers – the question of provincialism in science (in the broadest sense of the term). There are only a few great centers of science, which attract funding and provide almost ideal opportunities for research and development. They also attract …
