Routledge History of Philosophy Volume IX : Philosophy of the English-Speaking World in the Twentieth Century 1: Science, Logic and Mathematics

ISBN-13: 9780415057769 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 504 str.

S. G. Shanker; Stuart G. Shanker

Opis

This surveys ten key topics in the philosophy of science, logic and mathematics in the 20th century. Each of the essays is written by one of the world's leading experts in that field. The papers provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject in question, and are written in a way that is accessible to philosophy undergraduates and to those outside of philosophy who are interested in these subjects. Each chapter contains an extensive bibliography of the major writings in the field. Among the topics covered are the philosophy of logic, of mathematics and of Gottlob Frege; Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus; a survey of logical positivism; the philosophy of physics and of science; probability theory, cybertnetics and an essay on the mechanist/vitalist debates.

Spis treści

Introduction Stuart Shanker 1. Philosophy of Logic A.D.Irving 2. Philosophy of Mathematics in the Twentieth Century Michael Detlefsen 3. Frege Rainer Born 4. Wittgenstein's Tractatus James Bogen 5. Logical Positivism Oswald Hanfling 6. The Philosophy of Physics Rom Harre 7. The Philosophy of Science Today Joseph Agassi 8. Chance, Cause and Conduct: Probability Theory and the Explanation of Human Action Jeff Coulter 9. Cybernetics K.M.Sayre 10. Descartes' Legacy: The Mechanist/Vitalist Debates Stuart Shanker

O autorze

S. G. Shanker