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The evolution of reason : logic as a branch of biology /

"Formal logic has traditionally been conceived as bearing no special relationship to biology. Recent developments in evolutionary theory suggest, however, that the two subjects may be intimately related. In this book, William Cooper presents a carefully supported theory of rationality in which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, William S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Colección:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The biology of logic
  • The evolutionary derivation of life-history strategy theory
  • The evolutionary derivation of decision logic
  • The evolutionary derivation of inductive logic (Part 1)
  • t The evolutionary derivation of deductive logic (Part II)
  • The evolutionary derivation of mathematics
  • Broadening the evolutionary foundation of classical logic
  • The evolutionary derivation of nonclassical logics
  • Radical reductionism in logic
  • Toward a unified science of reason.