Philosophical Devices: Proofs, Probabilities, Possibilities, and Sets

by David Papineau

Book Overview

This book is designed to explain the technical ideas that are taken for granted in much contemporary philosophical writing. Notions like "denumerability," "modal scope distinction," "Bayesian conditionalization," and "logical completeness" are usually only elucidated deep within difficult specialist texts. By offering simple explanations that by-pass much irrelevant and boring detail, Philosophical Devices is able to cover a wealth of material that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199651736
• ISBN13: 9780199651733
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"