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  • Identifying the Mind

    Selected Papers of U. T. Place

    by the late U. T. Place ...
    Series series Philosophy of Mind
    This is the one and only book by the pioneer of the identity theory of mind. The collection focuses on Place's philosophy of mind and his contributions to neighboring issues in metaphysics and epistemology. It includes an autobiographical essay as well as a recent paper on the function and neural location of consciousness. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Dispositions

    A Debate

    by D.M. Armstrong, C.B. Martin, U.T. Place ...
    Series series International Library of Philosophy
    Dispositions are essential to our understanding of the world. Dispositions: A Debate is an extended dialogue between three distinguished philosophers - D.M. Armstrong, C.B. Martin and U.T. Place - on the many problems associated with dispositions, which reveals their own distinctive accounts of the nature of dispositions. These are then linked to other issues such as the nature of mind, matter, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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    by Ayn Rand ...
    A startlingly original solution to the problem that brought about the collapse of modern philosophy: the problem of universalsAyn Rand's brilliantly argued, superbly written work, together with an essay by philosophy professor Leonard Peikoff, is vital reading for all those who seek to discover that human beings can and should live by the guidance of reason.Today man's mind is under attack by all ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Mind

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Edward Feser ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    In this lively and entertaining introduction to the philosophy of mind, Edward Feser explores the questions central to the discipline; such as 'do computers think', and 'what is consciousness'; and gives an account of all the most important and significant attempts that have been made to answer them. ... Read more

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  • Insight, Volume 3

    by Bernard Lonergan ...
    Series Book 3 - Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan
    Insight is Bernard Lonergan's masterwork. It aim is nothing less than insight into insight itself, a comprehensive view of knowledge and understanding, and to state what one needs to understand and how one proceeds to understand it.In Lonergan's own words: 'Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but also you ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Philosophy of Mathematics

    A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures

    by James Robert Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    In his long-awaited new edition of Philosophy of Mathematics, James Robert Brown tackles important new as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. Can pictures go beyond being merely suggestive and actually prove anything? Are mathematical results certain? Are experiments of any real value?This clear and engaging book takes a unique approach, encompassing non-standard topics such ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Causation and Laws of Nature

    by Max Kistler ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    This is the first English translation of Causalite´ et Lois de La Nature, and is an important contribution to the theory of causation*.* Max Kistler reconstructs a unified concept of causation that is general enough to adequately deal with both elementary physical processes, and the macroscopic level of phenomena we encounter in everyday life.This book will be of great interest to philosophers of ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics

    Edited by Robin Le Poidevin, Simons Peter, McGonigal Andrew, Ross P. Cameron ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics is an outstanding, comprehensive and accessible guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. The Companion features over fifty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars which are organized into three clear parts:History of MetaphysicsOntologyMetaphysics and Science.Each section features an introduction which places the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Mathematics

    An Introduction to a World of Proofs and Pictures

    by James Robert Brown ...
    Series series Philosophical Issues in Science
    Philosophy of Mathematics is an excellent introductory text. This student friendly book discusses the great philosophers and the importance of mathematics to their thought. It includes the following topics:* the mathematical image* platonism* picture-proofs* applied mathematics* Hilbert and Godel* knots and nations* definitions* picture-proofs and Wittgenstein* computation, proof and conjecture ... Read more

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  • Vagueness

    by Timothy Williamson ...
    Series series Problems of Philosophy
    If you keep removing single grains of sand from a heap, when is it no longer a heap? From discussions of the heap paradox in classical Greece, to modern formal approaches like fuzzy logic, Timothy Williamson traces the history of the problem of vagueness. He argues that standard logic and formal semantics apply even to vague languages and defends the controversial, realist view that vagueness is a ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Realism and the Aim of Science

    From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    by Karl Popper ...
    Realism and the Aim of Science is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science.Realism and the Aim of Science is the first volume of the Postcript. Popper here formulates and explains his non ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings

    Edited by Timothy O'Connor, David Robb ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy
    Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major topics within philosophy of mind. Robb and O'Connor have carefully chosen articles under the following headings:*Substance Dualism and Idealism*Materialism*Mind and Representation*ConsciousnessEach section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editors which ... Read more

    $61.99 USD