Thinking things through : an introduction to philosophical issues and achievements / Clark Glymour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glymour, Clark N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Evidence.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (471 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""I The Idea of Proof""; ""1 Proofs""; ""2 Aristotle�s Theory of Demonstration and Proof""; ""3 Ideas, Combinations, and the Mathematics of Thought""; ""4 The Laws of Thought""; ""5 Frege�s New Logical World""; ""6 Modern Logic*""; ""II Experience, Knowledge, and Belief""; ""7 Skepticism""; ""8 Bayesian Solutions*""; ""9 Kantian Solutions""; ""10 Knowledge and Reliability""; ""11 Decisions and Causes""; ""III Minds""; ""12 Mind and Meaning""; ""13 The Computable*""; ""14 The Computational Concept of Mind""

""IV Ethics""""15 Moral Issues, Moral Tools, and Challenges to Ethical Theory""; ""16 Moral and Political Theories""; ""17 Ethics in the Real World""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-262-32937-9

OCLC:

907676508