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Télécharger le livre :  Dewey's Philosophy of Science
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Dewey's Philosophy of Science


Roberto Gronda


This monograph presents a unitary account of Dewey’s philosophy of science and demonstrates the relevance for contemporary debates. The book is written from a theoretical angle and explains Dewey's via on Experience, Language, Inquiry, Construction and Realism. Via...

Parution : 2020-03-03
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Télécharger le livre :  What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays
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What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays


Norwood Russell Hanson , Matthew D. Lund


Fifty years have passed since Norwood Russell Hanson's unexpected death, yet he remains an important voice in philosophy of science. This book is a revised and expanded edition of a collection of Hanson's essays originally published in 1971, edited by Stephen Toulmin...

Parution : 2020-01-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Viewpoint Relativism
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Viewpoint Relativism


Antti Hautamäki


This book offers new insights into truth, knowledge, and reality. It details a unique approach to epistemological relativism based on the concept of points of view. In a point of view, an aspect represents an object for a subject. By applying this concept of...

Parution : 2020-01-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Laws and Explanations; Theories and Modal Possibilities
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Laws and Explanations; Theories and Modal Possibilities


Arnold Koslow


The book has two parts: In the first, after a review of some seminal classical accounts of laws and explanations, a new account is proposed for distinguishing between laws and accidental generalizations (LAG). Among the new consequences of this proposal it is proved...

Parution : 2020-01-01
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Télécharger le livre :  New Essays on Belnap-­Dunn Logic
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New Essays on Belnap-­Dunn Logic


Hitoshi Omori , Heinrich Wansing


This edited volume collects essays on the four-valued logic known as Belnap-Dunn logic, or first-degree entailment logic (FDE). It also looks at various formal systems closely related to it. These include the strong Kleene logic and the Logic of Paradox. Inside, readers...

Parution : 2020-01-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Knowledge from a Human Point of View
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Knowledge from a Human Point of View


Ana-Maria Cre?U , Michela Massimi


This open access book – as the title suggests – explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has recently emerged in philosophy of science as an interesting new position in the debate between scientific realism...

Parution : 2019-11-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Reflections on the Foundations of Mathematics
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Reflections on the Foundations of Mathematics


Stefania Centrone , Deborah Kant , Deniz Sarikaya


This edited work presents contemporary mathematical practice in the foundational mathematical theories, in particular set theory and the univalent foundations. It shares the work of significant scholars across the disciplines of mathematics, philosophy and computer...

Parution : 2019-11-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Mathesis Universalis, Computability and Proof
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Mathesis Universalis, Computability and Proof


Stefania Centrone , Sara Negri , Deniz Sarikaya , Peter M. Schuster


In a fragment entitled Elementa Nova Matheseos Universalis (1683?) Leibniz writes “the mathesis […] shall deliver the method through which things that are conceivable can be exactly determined”; in another fragment he takes...

Parution : 2019-10-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Noneist Explorations I
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Noneist Explorations I


Richard Routley , Val Routley


This second volume continues Richard Routley’s explorations of an improved Meinongian account of non-referring and intensional discourse (including joint work with Val Routley, later Val Plumwood). It focuses on the essays 2 through 7 of the original...

Parution : 2019-10-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Quanta and Mind
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Quanta and Mind


J. Acacio De Barros , Carlos Montemayor


This edited volume examines aspects of the mind/consciousness that are relevant to the interpretations of quantum mechanics. In it, an international group of contributors focus on the possible connections between quantum mechanics and consciousness. They look at how...

Parution : 2019-09-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences
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Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences


Mark Addis , Fernand Gobet , Peter C. R. Lane , Peter D. Sozou


This volume offers selected papers exploring issues arising from scientific discovery in the social sciences. It features a range of disciplines including behavioural sciences, computer science, finance, and statistics with an emphasis on philosophy.The first of the...

Parution : 2019-09-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics
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Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics


Alberto Cordero


This edited volume explores the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics. It features papers from venues of the International Ontology Congress (IOC) up to 2016. IOC is a worldwide platform for dialogue and reflection on the interactions between science...

Parution : 2019-08-13
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Télécharger le livre :  The Logic of Sortals
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The Logic of Sortals


Max A. Freund


Sortal concepts are at the center of certain logical discussions and have played a significant role in solutions to particular problems in philosophy. Apart from logic and philosophy, the study of sortal concepts has found its place in specific fields of psychology,...

Parution : 2019-06-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Conceptual Spaces: Elaborations and Applications
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Conceptual Spaces: Elaborations and Applications


Peter Gärdenfors , Antti Hautamäki , Mauri Kaipainen , Frank Zenker


This edited book focuses on concepts and their applications using the theory of conceptual spaces, one of today’s most central tracks of cognitive science discourse. It features 15 papers based on topics presented at the Conceptual Spaces @ Work 2016 conference. The...

Parution : 2019-06-25
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Télécharger le livre :  An Externalist Approach to Epistemic Responsibility
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An Externalist Approach to Epistemic Responsibility


Andrea Robitzsch


This monograph provides a novel reliabilist approach to epistemic responsibility assessment. The author presents unique arguments for the epistemic significance of belief-influencing actions and omissions. She grounds her proposal in indirect doxastic control.The book...

Parution : 2019-06-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Directival Theory of Meaning
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Directival Theory of Meaning


Pawel Grabarczyk


This book presents a new approach to semantics based on Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz’s Directival Theory of Meaning (DTM), which in effect reduces semantics of the analysed language to the combination of its syntax and pragmatics. The author argues that the DTM was forgotten...

Parution : 2019-06-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Ultralogic as Universal?
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Ultralogic as Universal?


Richard Routley , Zach Weber


Ultralogic as Universal? is a seminal text in non-classcial logic. Richard Routley (Sylvan) presents a hugely ambitious program: to use an 'ultramodal' logic as a universal key, which opens, if rightly operated, all locks. It provides a canon for reasoning in every...

Parution : 2019-05-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Themes from Klein
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Themes from Klein


Rodrigo Borges , Cherie Braden , Branden Fitelson


This volume features more than fifteen essays written in honor of Peter D. Klein. It explores the work and legacy of this prominent philosopher, who has had and continues to have a tremendous influence in the development of epistemology. The essays reflect the breadth...

Parution : 2019-03-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism
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The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism


Nicholas Maxwell


This book gives an account of work that I have done over a period of decades that sets out to solve two fundamental problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem and the problem of induction.  Remarkably, these revolutionary contributions to philosophy turn out to...

Parution : 2019-03-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Nomic Truth Approximation Revisited
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Nomic Truth Approximation Revisited


Theo A. F. Kuipers


This monograph presents new ideas in nomic truth approximation. It features original and revised papers from a (formal) philosopher of science who has studied the concept for more than 35 years.Over the course of time, the author's initial ideas evolved. He discovered a...

Parution : 2019-03-05
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