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Problems in the philosophy of science
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 250.00Provability, Computability and Reflection more...
The logical systems of Lesniewski
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 250.00Provability, Computability and Reflection more...
Aristotle's modal syllogisms
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 250.00Provability, Computability and Reflection more...
Solvable cases of the decision problem
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 250.00Provability, Computability and Reflection more...
This Sentence is False
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 100.00Put your neurons through their paces with this lively and engaging introduction to paradoxes. From Buridan’s Ass and the Surprise Examination to The Liar and Sleeping Beauty, This Sentence is False introduces all the key philosophical paradoxes. This fascinating guide to logic and reasoning is packed with puzzles and thought experiments to actively... more...
Finding and Confirming Truth
University Press of America 2010; US$ 27.99In this book, Pletz explains that truth is more than mere affirmation. It also is the conclusion reached when we have effectively confirmed that an assertion accurately depicts the facts that it describes. He also discusses the process used in identifying and verifying factual truth. more...
Essays on Definition
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2000; US$ 158.00This collection of essays on definitions, from Plato and Aristotle to modern times, assembles interesting, sometimes less widely known and controversial texts. They examine the subject from the point of view of philosophy which is essential for a theory of terminology seeking to establish the relationship between concepts and terms. These essays deal... more...
The Cunning of Reason
Cambridge University Press 1988; US$ 44.00This book is a philosophers' attempt to bring together ideas put forward by economists, sociologists and political theorists. The author begins by exploring the economist's assumption that action is rational if it helps to achieve the agent's goals as efficiently as possible. The assumption is explored with the aid of rational-choice theory... more...
Why Is Everyone Else Wrong?
Springer 2010; US$ 39.99Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists and other thinkers struggle to explain it, but the puzzle remains - in part because they, too, disagree... more...









