A century after ‘On Denoting’ was published, the debate it initiated continues to rage. On the one hand, there is …
John McDowell's insight on how we acquire conceptual knowledge of the external world is brilliant. Basing his argument on the …
An important task for every major philosopher is to offer us an understanding of the nature of mind. The essays …
Perfect for students with no background in logic or philosophy, Simple Formal Logic provides a full system of logic adequate …
Classic undergraduate text sharpens students' grasp of the deductive method, including variables, sentential calculus, theory of identity, more. Exercises.
This book presents and defends an original and paradigm-shifting conception of formal science, natural science, and the natural universe alike, …
Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that "Westphalian" …
The traditional Chinese philosophies of 'nature and human' lie at the heart of China's modern culture and popular philosophical beliefs. …
In the 20th century theorists of mind were almost exclusively concerned with various versions of the materialist thesis, but prior …
Reasoning about knowledge—particularly the knowledge of agents who reason about the world and each other's knowledge—was once the exclusive province …
This is a doctoral dissertation of Wiebe van der Hoek under the supervision of prof. J.-J.Ch. Meyer.
Fuzzy Sets, Logics and Reasoning about Knowledge reports recent results concerning the genuinely logical aspects of fuzzy sets in relation …
A compact, coherent introduction to the study of rational belief, this text provides points of entry to such areas of …
Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defense of …
First published in 1949, Gilbert Ryle’s The Concept of Mind is one of the classics of twentieth-century philosophy. Described by …
David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This second …
Scientific research is viewed as a deliberate activity and the logic of discovery consists of strategies and arguments whereby the …
An introduction to the philosophy of mathematics grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice. In this book, …
This collection of seminal essays on the Prolegomena provides the student of philosophy with an invaluable overview of the issues …
Fascinating study considers the origins and nature of mathematics, its development and role in the history of scientific thinking, impact …
This book presents an up-to-date, unified treatment of research in bounded arithmetic and complexity of propositional logic with emphasis on …
Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics in the Early Husserl focuses on the first ten years of Edmund Husserl’s work, from …
Volume 9 of the Routledge History of Philosophy surveys ten key topics in the Philosophy of Science, Logic and Mathematics …
The mathematical underpinnings of games, whether they are strategic or games of chance, have been known for centuries, but are …
What is belief? "Beliefs aim at truth" is the commonly accepted starting point for philosophers who want to give an …
An exceptionally clear, concise, and affordable introduction to logic, The Logic Manual carefully walks beginning philosophy students through the fundamentals, …
This text is designed for those instructors who desire a comprehensive introduction to formal logic that is both rigorous and …
Intuitionistic logic is presented here as part of familiar classical logic which allows mechanical extraction of programs from proofs. to …
(Reprint of the 1967 edition)