More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy - Brossura

Steinhart, Eric

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ISBN 10: 1551119099 ISBN 13: 9781551119090

Casa editrice: Broadview Pr, 2009

Riassunto

More Precisely provides a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. It is impossible to fully understand much of the most important work in contemporary philosophy without a basic grasp of set theory, functions, probability, modality and infinity. Until now, this knowledge was difficult to acquire. Professors had to provide custom handouts to their classes, while students struggled through math texts searching for insight. More Precisely fills this key gap.

Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of the basic mathematical concepts and sets out most commonly used notational conventions. Furthermore, he demonstrates how mathematics applies to many fundamental issues in branches of philosophy such as metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Eric Steinhart is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at William Paterson University. He is the author of On Nietzsche (Wadsworth 1999) and The Logic of Metaphor: Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds (Kluwer Academic 2001).

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More Precisely provides a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. It is impossible to fully understand much of the most important work in contemporary philosophy without a basic grasp of set theory, functions, probability, modality and infinity. Until now, this knowledge was difficult to acquire. Professors had to provide custom handouts to their classes, while students struggled through math texts searching for insight. More Precisely fills this key gap.

Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of the basic mathematical concepts and sets out most commonly used notational conventions. Furthermore, he demonstrates how mathematics applies to many fundamental issues in branches of philosophy such as metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Broadview Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1551119099
• ISBN 13: 9781551119090
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 194
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile