Thinking Things Through : An Introduction to Philosophical Issues and Achievements.
Title:
Thinking Things Through : An Introduction to Philosophical Issues and Achievements.
Author:
Glymour, Clark.
ISBN:
9780262329378
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (471 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- I The Idea of Proof -- 1 Proofs -- 2 Aristotle's Theory of Demonstration and Proof -- 3 Ideas, Combinations, and the Mathematics of Thought -- 4 The Laws of Thought -- 5 Frege's New Logical World -- 6 Modern Logic* -- II Experience, Knowledge, and Belief -- 7 Skepticism -- 8 Bayesian Solutions* -- 9 Kantian Solutions -- 10 Knowledge and Reliability -- 11 Decisions and Causes -- III Minds -- 12 Mind and Meaning -- 13 The Computable* -- 14 The Computational Concept of Mind -- IV Ethics -- 15 Moral Issues, Moral Tools, and Challenges to Ethical Theory -- 16 Moral and Political Theories -- 17 Ethics in the Real World -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
The second edition of a unique introductory text, offering an account of the logical tradition in philosophy and its influence on contemporary scientific disciplines.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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