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Thinking things through : an introduction to philosophical issues and achievements /

"The second edition of a unique introductory text, offering an account of the logical tradition in philosophy and its influence on contemporary scientific disciplines. Thinking Things Through offers a broad, historical, and rigorous introduction to the logical tradition in philosophy and its co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glymour, Clark N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The idea of proof
  • Proofs
  • Aristotle's theory of demonstration and proof
  • Ideas, combinations, and the mathematics of thought
  • The laws of thought
  • Frege's new logical world
  • Modern logic*
  • Experience, knowledge, and belief
  • Skepticism
  • Bayesian solutions*
  • Kantian solutions
  • Knowledge and reliability
  • Decisions and causes
  • Minds
  • Mind and meaning
  • The computable*
  • The computational concept of mind
  • Ethics
  • Moral issues, moral tools, and challenges to ethical theory
  • Moral and political theories
  • Ethics in the real world.