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Télécharger le livre :  Applications of Conceptual Spaces
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Applications of Conceptual Spaces


Peter Gärdenfors , Frank Zenker


This volume provides an overview of applications of conceptual spaces theory, beginning with an introduction to the modeling tool that unifies the chapters. The first section explores issues of linguistic semantics, including speakers’ negotiation of meaning. Further...

Parution : 2015-04-16
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Télécharger le livre :  The Philosophy of Information Quality
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The Philosophy of Information Quality


Luciano Floridi , Phyllis Illari


This work fulfills the need for a conceptual and technical framework to improve understanding of Information Quality (IQ) and Information Quality standards. The meaning and practical implementation of IQ are addressed, as it is relevant to any field where there is a...

Parution : 2014-08-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Rethinking the Individualism-Holism Debate
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Rethinking the Individualism-Holism Debate


Finn Collin , Julie Zahle


This collection of papers investigates the most recent debates about individualism and holism in the philosophy of social science. The debates revolve mainly around two issues: firstly, whether social phenomena exist sui generis and how they relate to individuals.This...

Parution : 2014-06-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Mereology and the Sciences
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Mereology and the Sciences


Claudio Calosi , Pierluigi Graziani


This volume is the first systematic and thorough attempt to investigate the relation and the possible applications of mereology to contemporary science. It gathers contributions from leading scholars in the field and covers a wide range of scientific theories and...

Parution : 2014-06-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Virtue Epistemology Naturalized
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Virtue Epistemology Naturalized


Abrol Fairweather


This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology. These bridges are: empirically informed theories of...

Parution : 2014-05-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Bas van Fraassen's Approach to Representation and Models in Science
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Bas van Fraassen's Approach to Representation and Models in Science


Wenceslao J. Gonzalez


This book analyzes Bas van Fraassen’s characterization of representation and models in science. In this regard, it presents the philosophical coordinates of his approach and pays attention to his structural empiricism as a framework for his views on scientific...

Parution : 2014-02-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Epistemology, Context, and Formalism
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Epistemology, Context, and Formalism


Franck Lihoreau , Manuel Rebuschi


The main purpose of the present volume is to advance our understanding of the notions of knowledge and context, the connections between them and the ways in which they can be modeled, in particular formalized – a question of prime importance and utmost relevance to such...

Parution : 2014-01-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Explaining Beauty in Mathematics: An Aesthetic Theory of Mathematics
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Explaining Beauty in Mathematics: An Aesthetic Theory of Mathematics


Ulianov Montano


This book develops a naturalistic aesthetic theory that accounts for aesthetic phenomena in mathematics in the same terms as it accounts for more traditional aesthetic phenomena. Building upon a view advanced by James McAllister, the assertion is that beauty in science...

Parution : 2013-12-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Explanation in the Special Sciences
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Explanation in the Special Sciences


Andreas Hüttemann , Marie I. Kaiser , Daniel Plenge , Oliver R. Scholz


Biology and history are often viewed as closely related disciplines, with biology informed by history, especially in its task of charting our evolutionary past. Maximizing the opportunities for cross-fertilization in these two fields requires an accurate reckoning of...

Parution : 2013-11-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Axiomatic Method and Category Theory
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Axiomatic Method and Category Theory


Andrei Rodin


This volume explores the many different meanings of the notion of the axiomatic method, offering an insightful historical and philosophical discussion about how these notions changed over the millennia. The author, a well-known philosopher and historian of mathematics,...

Parution : 2013-10-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Artefact Kinds
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Artefact Kinds


Maarten Franssen , Peter Kroes , Thomas A.C. Reydon , Pieter E. Vermaas


This book is concerned with two intimately related topics of metaphysics: the identity of entities and the foundations of classification. What it adds to previous discussions of these topics is that it addresses them with respect to human-made entities, that is,...

Parution : 2013-10-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Functions: selection and mechanisms
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Functions: selection and mechanisms


Philippe Huneman


This  volume handles in various perspectives the concept of function and the nature of functional explanations, topics much discussed since two major and conflicting accounts have been raised by Larry Wright and Robert Cummins’ papers in the 1970s. Here, both Wright’s...

Parution : 2013-02-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Bayesian Argumentation
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Bayesian Argumentation


Frank Zenker


Relevant to, and drawing from, a range of disciplines, the chapters in this collection show the diversity, and applicability, of research in Bayesian argumentation. Together, they form a challenge to philosophers versed in both the use and criticism of Bayesian models...

Parution : 2012-12-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Around the Tree
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Around the Tree


Fabrice Correia , Andrea Iacona


Over the past few years, the tree model of time has been widely employed to deal with issues concerning the semantics of tensed discourse. The thought that has motivated its adoption is that the most plausible way to make sense of indeterminism is to conceive of future...

Parution : 2012-11-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Existence as a Real Property
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Existence as a Real Property


Francesco Berto


This profound exploration of one of the core notions of philosophy—the concept of existence itself—reviews, then counters (via Meinongian theory), the mainstream philosophical view running from Hume to Frege, Russell, and Quine, summarized thus by Kant: “Existence is...

Parution : 2012-10-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Debate Dynamics: How Controversy Improves Our Beliefs
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Debate Dynamics: How Controversy Improves Our Beliefs


Gregor Betz


Is critical argumentation an effective way to overcome disagreement? And does the exchange of arguments bring opponents in a controversy closer to the truth? This study provides a new perspective on these pivotal questions. By means of multi-agent simulations, it...

Parution : 2012-08-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Strict Finitism and the Logic of Mathematical Applications
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Strict Finitism and the Logic of Mathematical Applications


Feng Ye


This book intends to show that radical naturalism (or physicalism), nominalism and strict finitism account for the applications of classical mathematics in current scientific theories. The applied mathematical theories developed in the book include the basics of...

Parution : 2011-07-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Reasoning about Preference Dynamics
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Reasoning about Preference Dynamics


Fenrong Liu


Our preferences determine how we act and think, but exactly what the mechanics are and how they work is a central cause of concern in many disciplines. This book uses techniques from modern logics of information flow and action to develop a unified new theory of what...

Parution : 2011-05-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Proof, Computation and Agency
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Proof, Computation and Agency


Johan Van Benthem , Amitabha Gupta , Rohit Parikh


Proof, Computation and Agency: Logic at the Crossroads provides an overview of modern logic and its relationship with other disciplines. As a highlight, several articles pursue an inspiring paradigm called 'social software', which studies patterns of social interaction...

Parution : 2011-04-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Games, Norms and Reasons
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Games, Norms and Reasons


Johan Van Benthem , Amitabha Gupta , Eric Pacuit


Games, Norms, and Reasons: Logic at the Crossroads provides an overview of modern logic focusing on its relationships with other disciplines, including new interfaces with rational choice theory, epistemology, game theory and informatics. This book continues a series...

Parution : 2011-03-30
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