More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy - Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781554813452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str.

Eric Steinhart

Opis

It is impossible to fully understand much of the most important work in contemporary philosophy without a basic grasp of set theory, functions, probability, decision theory, and modality. More Precisely is written for people who wish to engage with contemporary philosophical writing but first need to fill gaps in their technical knowledge.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Sets
• Chapter 2: Relations
• Chapter 3: Machines
• Chapter 4: Semantics
• Chapter 5: Probability
• Chapter 6: Information Theory
• Chapter 7: Decisions and Games
• Chapter 8: From the Finite to the Infinite
• Chapter 9: Bigger Infinities
• Further Study
• Glossary of Symbols