Knowledge Number And Reality

Author : Nils Kürbis,Bahram Assadian,Jonathan Nassim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350186453

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Knowledge, Number and Reality by Nils Kürbis,Bahram Assadian,Jonathan Nassim Pdf

Throughout his career, Keith Hossack has made outstanding contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and the philosophy of mathematics. This collection of previously unpublished papers begins with a focus on Hossack's conception of the nature of knowledge, his metaphysics of facts and his account of the relations between knowledge, agents and facts. Attention moves to Hossack's philosophy of mind and the nature of consciousness, before turning to the notion of necessity and its interaction with a priori knowledge. Hossack's views on the nature of proof, logical truth, conditionals and generality are discussed in depth. In the final chapters, questions about the identity of mathematical objects and our knowledge of them take centre stage, together with questions about the necessity and generality of mathematical and logical truths. Knowledge, Number and Reality represents some of the most vibrant discussions taking place in analytic philosophy today.

Author : Nils Kürbis,Bahram Assadian,Jonathan Nassim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350186446

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Knowledge, Number and Reality by Nils Kürbis,Bahram Assadian,Jonathan Nassim Pdf

Throughout his career, Keith Hossack has made outstanding contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and the philosophy of mathematics. This collection of previously unpublished papers begins with a focus on Hossack's conception of the nature of knowledge, his metaphysics of facts and his account of the relations between knowledge, agents and facts. Attention moves to Hossack's philosophy of mind and the nature of consciousness, before turning to the notion of necessity and its interaction with a priori knowledge. Hossack's views on the nature of proof, logical truth, conditionals and generality are discussed in depth. In the final chapters, questions about the identity of mathematical objects and our knowledge of them take centre stage, together with questions about the necessity and generality of mathematical and logical truths. Knowledge, Number and Reality represents some of the most vibrant discussions taking place in analytic philosophy today.

Author : Bernard Bosanquet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : UOM:39015048990009

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Knowledge and Reality by Bernard Bosanquet Pdf

Author : Keith Hossack
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781350102910

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Knowledge and the Philosophy of Number by Keith Hossack Pdf

If numbers were objects, how could there be human knowledge of number? Numbers are not physical objects: must we conclude that we have a mysterious power of perceiving the abstract realm? Or should we instead conclude that numbers are fictions? This book argues that numbers are not objects: they are magnitude properties. Properties are not fictions and we certainly have scientific knowledge of them. Much is already known about magnitude properties such as inertial mass and electric charge, and much continues to be discovered. The book says the same is true of numbers. In the theory of magnitudes, the categorial distinction between quantity and individual is of central importance, for magnitudes are properties of quantities, not properties of individuals. Quantity entails divisibility, so the logic of quantity needs mereology, the a priori logic of part and whole. The three species of quantity are pluralities, continua and series, and the book presents three variants of mereology, one for each species of quantity. Given Euclid's axioms of equality, it is possible without the use of set theory to deduce the axioms of the natural, real and ordinal numbers from the respective mereologies of pluralities, continua and series. Knowledge and the Philosophy of Number carries out these deductions, arriving at a metaphysics of number that makes room for our a priori knowledge of mathematical reality.

Author : Michael Huemer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798729007028

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Knowledge, Reality, and Value by Michael Huemer Pdf

The world's best introduction to philosophy, Knowledge, Reality, and Value explains basic philosophical problems in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, such as: How can we know about the world outside our minds? Is there a God? Do we have free will? Are there objective values? What distinguishes morally right from morally wrong actions? The text succinctly explains the most important theories and arguments about these things, and it does so a lot less boringly than most books written by professors."My work is all a series of footnotes to Mike Huemer." -Plato"This book is way better than my lecture notes." -Aristotle"When I have a little money, I buy Mike Huemer's books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes." -ErasmusContentsPreface Part I: Preliminaries 1. What Is Philosophy? 2. Logic 3. Critical Thinking, 1: Intellectual Virtue 4. Critical Thinking, 2: Fallacies 5. Absolute Truth Part II: Epistemology 6. Skepticism About the External World 7. Global Skepticism vs. Foundationalism 8. Defining "Knowledge" Part III: Metaphysics 9. Arguments for Theism 10. Arguments for Atheism 11. Free Will 12. Personal Identity Part IV: Ethics 13. Metaethics 14. Ethical Theory, 1: Utilitarianism 15. Ethical Theory, 2: Deontology 16. Applied Ethics, 1: The Duty of Charity 17. Applied Ethics, 2: Animal Ethics 18. Concluding Thoughts Appendix: A Guide to Writing GlossaryMichael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, where he has taught since the dawn of time. He is the author of a nearly infinite number of articles in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy, in addition to seven other amazing and brilliant books that you should immediately buy.

Author : Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015059880032

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The Theory of Knowledge by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse Pdf

Author : Roger Penrose
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593315309

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The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose Pdf

**WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS** The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the vital mathematical background to the physical theories explored later in the book. Roger Penrose's purpose is to describe as clearly as possible our present understanding of the universe and to convey a feeling for its deep beauty and philosophical implications, as well as its intricate logical interconnections. The Road to Reality is rarely less than challenging, but the book is leavened by vivid descriptive passages, as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams. In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe that we all inhabit. 'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein. He is one of the very few people I've met in my life who, without reservation, I call a genius' Lee Smolin

Author : Azamat Abdoullaev
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131721677

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Reality, Universal Ontology, and Knowledge Systems by Azamat Abdoullaev Pdf

"This book provides cutting-edge research on reality, its nature and fundamental structure, represented both by human minds and intelligent machines.--striving to describe a world model and ontology; organized human knowledge; powerful reasoning systems; and secure communication interoperability between human beings and computing reasoning systems promising the profound revolution in human values and ways of life"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Peter L. Berger,Thomas Luckmann
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781453215463

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The Social Construction of Reality by Peter L. Berger,Thomas Luckmann Pdf

A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review). In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge—the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term social construction,effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy.

Author : Wincenty Lutosławski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : UOM:39015026442171

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The Knowledge of Reality by Wincenty Lutosławski Pdf

Author : George Trumbull Ladd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : WISC:89094553047

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Knowledge, Life and Reality by George Trumbull Ladd Pdf

Author : Abdoullaev, Azamat
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781599049670

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Reality, Universal Ontology and Knowledge Systems: Toward the Intelligent World by Abdoullaev, Azamat Pdf

"This book provides cutting-edge research on reality, its nature and fundamental structure, represented both by human minds and intelligent machines.--striving to describe a world model and ontology; organized human knowledge; powerful reasoning systems; and secure communication interoperability between human beings and computing reasoning systems promising the profound revolution in human values and ways of life"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Ann Garry,Marilyn Pearsall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134719464

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Women, Knowledge, and Reality by Ann Garry,Marilyn Pearsall Pdf

This second edition of Women, Knowledge, and Reality continues to exhibit the ways in which feminist philosophers enrich and challenge philosophy. Essays by twenty-five feminist philosophers, seventeen of them new to the second edition, address fundamental issues in philosophical and feminist methods, metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophies of science, language, religion and mind/body. This second edition expands the perspectives of women of color, of postmodernism and French feminism, and focuses on the most recent controversies in feminist theory and philosophy. The chapters are organized by traditional fields of philosophy, and include introductions which contrast the ideas of feminist thinkers with traditional philosophers. The collected essays illustrate both the depth and breadth of feminist critiques and the range of contemporary feminist theoretical perspectives.

Author : Johnston Estep Walter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : NYPL:33433089905883

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The Principles of Knowledge, with Remarks on the Nature of Reality by Johnston Estep Walter Pdf

Author : Peter J. Frost,Walter R. Nord,Linda A. Krefting
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063832344

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Managerial and Organizational Reality by Peter J. Frost,Walter R. Nord,Linda A. Krefting Pdf

Written to introduce readers to the experiences people have in organizations, this book provides a reality-based perspective on the everyday happenings in organizations at all professional levels. With current and informative readings that provoke reflection and discussion, this book gives readers a real-world overview of organizational behavior from executive managerial levels to those of lower level participants. For professionals with a career in organizational behavior, management, business relations, organizational psychology, communications, public relations, education, and social work.