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Télécharger le livre :  Truth in Fiction
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Truth in Fiction


John Woods


This monograph examines truth in fiction by applying the techniques of a naturalized logic of human cognitive practices. The author structures his project around two focal questions. What would it take to write a book about truth in literary discourse with reasonable...

Parution : 2018-02-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Formal Approach to the Metaphysics of Perspectives
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Formal Approach to the Metaphysics of Perspectives


Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana


This book offers a metaphysical development of the notion of perspective. By explaining the functional nature of point of view, and by providing a concrete definition of point of view as a window through which to see the world, it offers a scientific realist theory that...

Parution : 2018-01-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Logical Form
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Logical Form


Andrea Iacona


Logical form has always been a prime concern for philosophers belonging to the analytic tradition. For at least one century, the study of logical form has been widely adopted as a method of investigation, relying on its capacity to reveal the structure of thoughts or...

Parution : 2018-01-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Macroscopic Metaphysics
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Macroscopic Metaphysics


Paul Needham


This book is about our ordinary concept of matter in the form of enduring continuants and the processes in which they are involved in the macroscopic realm. It emphasises what science rather than philosophical intuition tells us about the world, and chemistry rather...

Parution : 2018-01-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Thinking about Contradictions
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Thinking about Contradictions


Venanzio Raspa


This volume examines the entire logical and philosophical production of Nicolai A. Vasil’ev, studying his life and activities as a historian and man of letters. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of this influential Russian logician, philosopher,...

Parution : 2017-12-04
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Télécharger le livre :  How Colours Matter to Philosophy
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How Colours Matter to Philosophy


Marcos Silva


This edited volume explores the different and seminal ways colours matter to philosophy. Each chapter provides an insightful analysis of one or more cases in which colours raise philosophical problems in different areas and periods of philosophy. This historically...

Parution : 2017-11-23
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Télécharger le livre :  The Logical Legacy of Nikolai Vasiliev and Modern Logic
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The Logical Legacy of Nikolai Vasiliev and Modern Logic


Vladimir Markin , Dmitry Zaitsev


This volume offers a wide range of both reconstructions of Nikolai Vasiliev’s original logical ideas and their implementations in the modern logic and philosophy. A collection of works put together through the international workshop "Nikolai Vasiliev’s Logical Legacy...

Parution : 2017-11-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Essays on Husserl's Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
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Essays on Husserl's Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics


Stefania Centrone


Essays on Husserl’s Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics sets out to fill up a lacuna in the present research on Husserl by presenting a precise account of Husserl’s work in the field of logic, of the philosophy of logic and of the philosophy of mathematics. The aim is...

Parution : 2017-09-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Mathematics and Its Applications
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Mathematics and Its Applications


Jairo José Da Silva


This monograph offers a fresh perspective on the applicability of mathematics in science. It explores what mathematics must be so that its applications to the empirical world do not constitute a mystery. In the process, readers are presented with a new version of...

Parution : 2017-08-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Rule-Following Paradox and its Implications for Metaphysics
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The Rule-Following Paradox and its Implications for Metaphysics


Jody Azzouni


This monograph presents Azzouni’s new approach to the rule-following paradox. His solution leaves intact an isolated individual’s capacity to follow rules, and it simultaneously avoids replacing the truth conditions for meaning-talk with mere assertability conditions...

Parution : 2017-03-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Causal Nets, Interventionism, and Mechanisms
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Causal Nets, Interventionism, and Mechanisms


Alexander Gebharter


This monograph looks at causal nets from a philosophical point of view. The author shows that one can build a general philosophical theory of causation on the basis of the causal nets framework that can be fruitfully used to shed new light on philosophical issues....

Parution : 2017-01-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Philosophy of Science in Practice
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Philosophy of Science in Practice


Hsiang-Ke Chao , Julian Reiss


This volume reflects the ‘philosophy of science in practice’ approach and takes a fresh look at traditional philosophical problems in the context of natural, social, and health research. Inspired by the work of Nancy Cartwright that shows how the practices and...

Parution : 2016-12-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Modal Justification via Theories
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Modal Justification via Theories


Bob Fischer


This monograph articulates and defends a theory-based epistemology of modality (TEM). According to TEM, someone justifiably believe an interesting modal claim if and only if (a) she justifiably believes a theory according to which that claim is true, (b) she...

Parution : 2016-12-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Modal Epistemology After Rationalism
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Modal Epistemology After Rationalism


Bob Fischer , Felipe Leon


This collection highlights the new trend away from rationalism and toward empiricism in the epistemology of modality. Accordingly, the book represents a wide range of positions on the empirical sources of modal knowledge. Readers will find an introduction that surveys...

Parution : 2016-11-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Fundamental Issues of Artificial Intelligence
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Fundamental Issues of Artificial Intelligence


Vincent C. Müller


This volume offers a look at the fundamental issues of present and future AI, especially from cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience and philosophy.This work examines the conditions for artificial intelligence, how these relate to the conditions...

Parution : 2016-06-07
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Télécharger le livre :  The Puzzle of Perceptual Justification
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The Puzzle of Perceptual Justification


Harmen Ghijsen


This book provides an accessible and up-to-date discussion of contemporary theories of perceptual justification that each highlight different factors related to perception, i.e., conscious experience, higher-order beliefs, and reliable processes. The book’s...

Parution : 2016-04-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Meta-metaphysics
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Meta-metaphysics


Jiri Benovsky


Metaphysical theories are beautiful. At the end of this book, Jiri Benovsky defends the view that metaphysical theories possess aesthetic properties and that these play a crucial role when it comes to theory evaluation and theory choice.Before we get there, the...

Parution : 2016-03-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Computing and Philosophy
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Computing and Philosophy


Vincent C. Müller


This volume offers very selected papers from the 2014 conference of the “International Association for Computing and Philosophy” (IACAP) - a conference tradition of 28 years. The theme of the papers is the two-way relation between computing technologies and...

Parution : 2015-12-16
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Télécharger le livre :  Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers: Themes in Logic, Metaphysics, and Language
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Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers: Themes in Logic, Metaphysics, and Language


Alessandro Torza


This volume covers a wide range of topics that fall under the 'philosophy of quantifiers', a philosophy that spans across multiple areas such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology and even the history of philosophy. It discusses the import of quantifier variance in the...

Parution : 2015-07-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being
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Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being


Dale Jacquette


This book explores the thought of Alexius Meinong, a philosopher known for his unconventional theory of reference and predication. The chapters cover a natural progression of topics, beginning with the origins of Gegenstandstheorie, Meinong’s theory of objects, and his...

Parution : 2015-07-13
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