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Origins and Varieties of Logicism
On the Logico-Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics
Av Francesca Boccuni, Andrea Sereni
Inbunden, 2021
2512 kr
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This book offers a plurality of perspectives on the historical origins of logicism and on contemporary developments of logicist insights in philosophy of mathematics. It uniquely provides up-to-date research and novel interpretations on a variety of intertwined themes and historical figures related …
Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World
Av Michael Esfeld, Dirk-Andre Deckert
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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This book seeks to work out which commitments are minimally sufficient to obtain an ontology of the natural world that matches all of today’s well-established physical theories. We propose an ontology of the natural world that is defined only by two axioms: (1) There are distance relations that …
Naturalizing Logico-Mathematical Knowledge
Approaches from Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science
Av Sorin Bangu
Häftad, 2020
733 kr
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This book is meant as a part of the larger contemporary philosophical project of naturalizing logico-mathematical knowledge, and addresses the key question that motivates most of the work in this field: What is philosophically relevant about the nature of logico-mathematical knowledge in recent …
Einstein, Tagore and the Nature of Reality
Av Partha Ghose
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary …
Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories
Languages, Structures, and Models
Av Decio Krause, Jonas R.B. Arenhart
Häftad, 2019
704 kr
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This book addresses the logical aspects of the foundations of scientific theories. Even though the relevance of formal methods in the study of scientific theories is now widely recognized and regaining prominence, the issues covered here are still not generally discussed in philosophy of science. …
Scientific Understanding and Representation
Modeling in the Physical Sciences
Av Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2126 kr
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This volume assembles cutting-edge scholarship on scientific understanding, scientific representation, and their delicate interplay. Featuring several articles in an engaging ‘critical conversation’ format, the volume integrates discussions about understanding and representation with perennial …
Scientific Understanding and Representation
Modeling in the Physical Sciences
Av Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
646 kr
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This volume assembles cutting-edge scholarship on scientific understanding, scientific representation, and their delicate interplay. Featuring several articles in an engaging ‘critical conversation’ format, the volume integrates discussions about understanding and representation with perennial …
Foundations of Spacetime Physics
Philosophical Perspectives
Inbunden, 2022
2512 kr
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This book provides an up-to-date overview of the foundations of spacetime physics. It features original essays written by world-class experts in the physics and philosophy of spacetime.The foundational questions regarding the origin and nature of spacetime are branching into new and exciting …
Foundations of Spacetime Physics
Philosophical Perspectives
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book provides an up-to-date overview of the foundations of spacetime physics. It features original essays written by world-class experts in the physics and philosophy of spacetime.The foundational questions regarding the origin and nature of spacetime are branching into new and exciting …
Origins and Varieties of Logicism
On the Logico-Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics
Av Francesca Boccuni, Andrea Sereni
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book offers a plurality of perspectives on the historical origins of logicism and on contemporary developments of logicist insights in philosophy of mathematics. It uniquely provides up-to-date research and novel interpretations on a variety of intertwined themes and historical figures related …
Emergence of Spacetime in String Theory
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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The nature of space and time is one of the most fascinating and fundamental philosophical issues which presently engages at the deepest level with physics. During the last thirty years this notion has been object of an intense critical review in the light of new scientific theories which try to …
Phenomenology and QBism
New Approaches to Quantum Mechanics
Av Philipp Berghofer, Harald A. Wiltsche
Inbunden, 2023
2512 kr
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This volume brings together philosophers and physicists to explore the parallels between Quantum Bayesianism, or QBism, and the phenomenological tradition. It is the first book exclusively devoted to phenomenology and quantum mechanics.By emphasizing the role of the subject’s experiences and …
Phenomenology and QBism
New Approaches to Quantum Mechanics
Av Philipp Berghofer, Harald A. Wiltsche
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
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This volume brings together philosophers and physicists to explore the parallels between Quantum Bayesianism, or QBism, and the phenomenological tradition. It is the first book exclusively devoted to phenomenology and quantum mechanics.By emphasizing the role of the subject’s experiences and …
Non-Fundamentality of Spacetime
General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, and Metaphysics
Inbunden, 2023
2504 kr
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This book argues that our current best theories of fundamental physics are best interpreted as positing spacetime as non-fundamental. It is written in accessible language and largely avoids mathematical technicalities by instead focusing on the key metaphysical and foundational lessons for the …
Non-Fundamentality of Spacetime
General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, and Metaphysics
Häftad, 2025
646 kr
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This book argues that our current best theories of fundamental physics are best interpreted as positing spacetime as non-fundamental. It is written in accessible language and largely avoids mathematical technicalities by instead focusing on the key metaphysical and foundational lessons for the …
Bertrand’s Paradox and the Principle of Indifference
Inbunden, 2024
2504 kr
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Events between which we have no epistemic reason to discriminate have equal epistemic probabilities. Bertrand’s chord paradox, however, appears to show this to be false, and thereby poses a general threat to probabilities for continuum sized state spaces. Articulating the nature of such spaces …
Bertrand’s Paradox and the Principle of Indifference
Häftad, 2025
704 kr
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Events between which we have no epistemic reason to discriminate have equal epistemic probabilities. Bertrand’s chord paradox, however, appears to show this to be false, and thereby poses a general threat to probabilities for continuum sized state spaces. Articulating the nature of such spaces …
Quantum Gravity and Computation
Information, Pregeometry, and Digital Physics
Av Dean Rickles, Xerxes D. Arsiwalla m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2504 kr
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This volume argues that concepts from the theory of computation—including information theory, formal languages, and discrete structures—might provide novel paths towards a solution to the problem of quantum gravity. By combining elements of physics with computer science and mathematics, the volume …
Accommodationism in Mathematics
Reference, Knowledge, and Realism
Inbunden, 2026
2504 kr
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Mathematics presents a fundamental puzzle: we possess extraordinary confidence in mathematical knowledge while struggling to explain how such knowledge is possible, especially in light of traditional realist conceptions of mathematics. This book solves this puzzle by resolving the tension between …
Naturalizing Logico-Mathematical Knowledge
Approaches from Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science
Av Sorin Bangu
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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This book is meant as a part of the larger contemporary philosophical project of naturalizing logico-mathematical knowledge, and addresses the key question that motivates most of the work in this field: What is philosophically relevant about the nature of logico-mathematical knowledge in recent …
Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World
Av Michael Esfeld, Dirk-Andre Deckert
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
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This book seeks to work out which commitments are minimally sufficient to obtain an ontology of the natural world that matches all of today’s well-established physical theories. We propose an ontology of the natural world that is defined only by two axioms: (1) There are distance relations that …
Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories
Languages, Structures, and Models
Av Decio Krause, Jonas R.B. Arenhart
Inbunden, 2016
2504 kr
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This book addresses the logical aspects of the foundations of scientific theories. Even though the relevance of formal methods in the study of scientific theories is now widely recognized and regaining prominence, the issues covered here are still not generally discussed in philosophy of science. …
Einstein, Tagore and the Nature of Reality
Av Partha Ghose
Inbunden, 2016
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary …
Emergence of Spacetime in String Theory
Inbunden, 2019
2736 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The nature of space and time is one of the most fascinating and fundamental philosophical issues which presently engages at the deepest level with physics. During the last thirty years this notion has been object of an intense critical review in the light of new scientific theories which try to …
