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The book contains four sections, each of three chapters. The first section is about sets and numbers, starting with the membership relation and ending with the generalized continuum hypothesis. The second is about analyticity, a prioricity, and necessity. The third is about probability, outlining the difference between objective and subjective probability and exploring aspects of conditionalization and correlation. The fourth deals with metalogic, focusing on the contrast between syntax and semantics, and finishing with a sketch of Gödel's theorem.
Philosophical Devices will be useful for university students who have got past the foothills of philosophy and are starting to read more widely, but it does not assume any prior expertise. All the issues discussed are intrinsically interesting, and often downright fascinating. It can be read with pleasure and profit by anybody who is curious about the technical infrastructure of contemporary philosophy.
The book contains four sections, each of three chapters. The first section is about sets and numbers, starting with the membership relation and ending with the generalized continuum hypothesis. The second is about analyticity, a prioricity, and necessity. The third is about probability, outlining the difference between objective and subjective probability and exploring aspects of conditionalization and correlation. The fourth deals with metalogic, focusing on the contrast between syntax and semantics, and finishing with a sketch of Gödel's theorem.
Philosophical Devices will be useful for university students who have got past the foothills of philosophy and are starting to read more widely, but it does not assume any prior expertise. All the issues discussed are intrinsically interesting, and often downright fascinating. It can be read with pleasure and profit by anybody who is curious about the technical infrastructure of contemporary philosophy.
He was President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science from 1993 to 1995. In 1999-2000 he was a Leverhulme Research Fellow and in 2007 a Mind Fellow. He was President of the Mind Association for 2009-10. In 2010 he gave the Rudolf Carnap Lectures in Bochum, Germany and in 2011 the Gottlob Frege Lectures in Tartu, Estonia.
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Sets and Numbers
- 1: Naïve Sets and Russell's Paradox
- 2: Infinite Sets
- 3: Orders of Infinity
- Part II: Analyticity, a prioricity, and necessity
- 4: Kinds of Truths
- 5: Possible Worlds
- 6: Naming and Necessity
- Part III: The Nature and Uses of Probability
- 7: Kinds of Probability
- 8: Constraints on Credence
- 9: Correlations and Causes
- Part IV: Logics and Theories
- 10: Syntax and Semantics
- 11: Soundness and Completeness
- 12: Theories and Gödel's Theorem
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780199651733 |
| ISBN-10: | 0199651736 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Papineau, David |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 203 x 134 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David Papineau |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 04.10.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,264 kg |
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