More Precisely The Math You Need To Do Philosophy Second Edition

Author : Eric Steinhart
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770486676

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More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy - Second Edition by Eric Steinhart Pdf

More Precisely is a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of many basic mathematical concepts and sets out the most commonly used notational conventions. He also demonstrates how mathematics applies to fundamental issues in various branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics. This second edition adds a substantial section on decision and game theory, as well as a chapter on information theory and the efficient coding of information.

Author : Eric Steinhart
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781554813452

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More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy - Second Edition by Eric Steinhart Pdf

More Precisely is a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of many basic mathematical concepts and sets out the most commonly used notational conventions. He also demonstrates how mathematics applies to fundamental issues in various branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics. This second edition adds a substantial section on decision and game theory, as well as a chapter on information theory and the efficient coding of information.

Author : Justin Sytsma,Jonathan Livengood
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781460402887

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The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy by Justin Sytsma,Jonathan Livengood Pdf

In recent years, developments in experimental philosophy have led many thinkers to reconsider their central assumptions and methods. It is not enough to speculate and introspect from the armchair—philosophers must subject their claims to scientific scrutiny, looking at evidence and in some cases conducting new empirical research. The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy is an introduction and guide to the systematic collection and analysis of empirical data in academic philosophy. This book serves two purposes: first, it examines the theory behind “x-phi,” including its underlying motivations and the objections that have been leveled against it. Second, the book offers a practical guide for those interested in doing experimental philosophy, detailing how to design, implement, and analyze empirical studies. Thus, the book explains the reasoning behind x-phi and provides tools to help readers become experimental philosophers.

Author : David Papineau
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191656248

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Philosophical Devices: Proofs, Probabilities, Possibilities, and Sets by David Papineau Pdf

This book is designed to explain the technical ideas that are taken for granted in much contemporary philosophical writing. Notions like denumerability, modal scope distinction, Bayesian conditionalization, and logical completeness are usually only elucidated deep within difficult specialist texts. By offering simple explanations that by-pass much irrelevant and boring detail, Philosophical Devices is able to cover a wealth of material that isnormally only available to specialists. The book contains four sections, each of three chapters. The first section is about sets and numbers, starting with the membership relation and ending with the generalized continuum hypothesis. The second is about analyticity, a prioricity, and necessity. The third is about probability, outlining the difference between objective and subjective probability and exploring aspects of conditionalization and correlation. The fourth deals with metalogic, focusing on the contrast between syntax andsemantics, and finishing with a sketch of Gödels theorem. Philosophical Devices will be useful for university students who have got past the foothills of philosophy and are starting to read more widely, but it does not assume any prior expertise. All the issues discussed are intrinsically interesting, and often downright fascinating. It can be read with pleasure and profit by anybody who is curious about the technical infrastructure of contemporary philosophy.

Author : Christopher Daly
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551119342

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An Introduction to Philosophical Methods by Christopher Daly Pdf

An Introduction to Philosophical Methods is the first book to survey the various methods that philosophers use to support their views. Rigorous yet accessible, the book introduces and illustrates the methodological considerations that are involved in current philosophical debates. Where there is controversy, the book presents the case for each side, but highlights where the key difficulties with them lie. While eminently student-friendly, the book makes an important contribution to the debate regarding the acceptability of the various philosophical methods, and so it will also be of interest to more experienced philosophers.

Author : Bertrand Russell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486277240

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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Pdf

In the words of Bertrand Russell, "Because language is misleading, as well as because it is diffuse and inexact when applied to logic (for which it was never intended), logical symbolism is absolutely necessary to any exact or thorough treatment of mathematical philosophy." That assertion underlies this book, a seminal work in the field for more than 70 years. In it, Russell offers a nontechnical, undogmatic account of his philosophical criticism as it relates to arithmetic and logic. Rather than an exhaustive treatment, however, the influential philosopher and mathematician focuses on certain issues of mathematical logic that, to his mind, invalidated much traditional and contemporary philosophy. In dealing with such topics as number, order, relations, limits and continuity, propositional functions, descriptions, and classes, Russell writes in a clear, accessible manner, requiring neither a knowledge of mathematics nor an aptitude for mathematical symbolism. The result is a thought-provoking excursion into the fascinating realm where mathematics and philosophy meet — a philosophical classic that will be welcomed by any thinking person interested in this crucial area of modern thought.

Author : John L. Bell,David DeVidi,Graham Solomon
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551112978

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Logical Options by John L. Bell,David DeVidi,Graham Solomon Pdf

Logical Options introduces the extensions and alternatives to classical logic which are most discussed in the philosophical literature: many-sorted logic, second-order logic, modal logics, intuitionistic logic, three-valued logic, fuzzy logic, and free logic. Each logic is introduced with a brief description of some aspect of its philosophical significance, and wherever possible semantic and proof methods are employed to facilitate comparison of the various systems. The book is designed to be useful for philosophy students and professional philosophers who have learned some classical first-order logic and would like to learn about other logics important to their philosophical work.

Author : Robert M. Martin
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770482296

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Scientific Thinking by Robert M. Martin Pdf

Scientific Thinking is a practical guide to inductive reasoning—the sort of reasoning that is commonly used in scientific activity, whether such activity is performed by a scientist, a reporter, a political pollster, or any one of us in day-to-day life. The book provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as confirmation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, and experimental methods. Martin’s writing confounds those who would think that such topics must be dry-as-dust, presenting ideas in a lively and engaging tone and incorporating amusing examples throughout. This book underlines the importance of acquiring good habits of scientific thinking, and helps to instill those habits in the reader. Stimulating questions and exercises are included in each chapter.

Author : Mark Battersby
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460402665

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Is That a Fact Revised Edition by Mark Battersby Pdf

Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770483804

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Arguing with People by Michael Gilbert Pdf

Arguing with People brings developments from the field of Argumentation Theory to bear on critical thinking in a clear and accessible way. This book expands the critical thinking toolkit, and shows how those tools can be applied in the hurly-burly of everyday arguing. Gilbert emphasizes the importance of understanding real arguments, understanding just who you are arguing with, and knowing how to use that information for successful argumentation. Interesting examples and partner exercises are provided to demonstrate tangible ways in which the book’s lessons can be applied.

Author : Alfred North Whitehead,Bertrand Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 052106791X

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Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead,Bertrand Russell Pdf

The Principia Mathematica has long been recognised as one of the intellectual landmarks of the century.

Author : Eric Steinhart
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401596541

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The Logic of Metaphor by Eric Steinhart Pdf

1. Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work is that it focuses intensely on the logical aspects of metaphors. I stress the role of logic in the generation and int- pretation of metaphors. While I don't presuppose any formal training in logic, some familiarity with philosophical logic (the propositional calculus and the predicate c- culus) is helpful. Since my theory makes great use of the notion of structure, I refer to it as the structural theory of m etaphor (STM). STM is a semant ic theory of m etaphor : if STM is correct, then metaphors are cognitively meaningful and are n- trivially logically linked with truth. I aim to extend possible worlds semantics to handle metaphors. I'll argue that some sentences in natural languages like English have multiple meanings: "Juliet is the sun" has (at least) two meanings: the literal meaning "(Juliet is the sunkIT" and the metaphorical meaning "(Juliet is the sun)MET". Each meaning is a function from (possible) worlds to truth-values. I deny that these functions are identical; I deny that the metaphorical function is necessarily false or necessarily true.

Author : Marc Peter Deisenroth,A. Aldo Faisal,Cheng Soon Ong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781108470049

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Mathematics for Machine Learning by Marc Peter Deisenroth,A. Aldo Faisal,Cheng Soon Ong Pdf

Distills key concepts from linear algebra, geometry, matrices, calculus, optimization, probability and statistics that are used in machine learning.

Author : Paul Benacerraf,Hilary Putnam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1984-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107268135

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Philosophy of Mathematics by Paul Benacerraf,Hilary Putnam Pdf

The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented 'crisis in the foundations of mathematics', featuring a world-famous paradox (Russell's Paradox), a challenge to 'classical' mathematics from a world-famous mathematician (the 'mathematical intuitionism' of Brouwer), a new foundational school (Hilbert's Formalism), and the profound incompleteness results of Kurt Gödel. In the same period, the cross-fertilization of mathematics and philosophy resulted in a new sort of 'mathematical philosophy', associated most notably (but in different ways) with Bertrand Russell, W. V. Quine, and Gödel himself, and which remains at the focus of Anglo-Saxon philosophical discussion. The present collection brings together in a convenient form the seminal articles in the philosophy of mathematics by these and other major thinkers. It is a substantially revised version of the edition first published in 1964 and includes a revised bibliography. The volume will be welcomed as a major work of reference at this level in the field.

Author : Bruce Rout
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1706607393

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Physical Truth by Bruce Rout Pdf

Why in the world would anyone need a philosophy? And a new one at that? What's the problem with the old one? Philosophy is ancient. Somewhere around 1920 or something. So what makes anyone think we need a new philosophy? How can a philosophy save us? And what's even more important, what does philosophy have to do with the price of a decent cheeseburger?The premise is rather simple: Truth exists. Objective reality exists. On both sides of an extremely divided world, truth itself is deemed either irrelevant or non-existent. There is a global battle over the belief systems of humanity. Stop for a second and consider: Has Russell's Paradox been resolved? Has this resolution been taught to children? Has humanity taken the wrong path? Have we made some very bad decisions a while back and we cannot find out where or how we did that? And what is the solution? - Bruce Rout Msc, Bsc: Masters degree in Mathematics from SFU, Astrophysics from U of A.