Logic category: 1296 books

To say Socrates was an influence on Plato would be a vast understatement; historians today still struggle to distinguish Socrates philosophical beliefs from Platos, because much of Platos writings consisted of Socratic dialogues, in which the main character, Socrates, discusses the topic of the writing...

Born and educated in Ireland, the eighteenth-century philosopher George Berkeley developed an influential school of thought that later came to be described as "subjective idealism." In A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Berkeley lays out the basic principles of his...

Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were among the first to refine philosophical thought, and Socrates is credited with devising the...

Extrait : Kant est le père de la philosophie allemande : il est l’auteur ou plutôt l’instrument de la plus grande révolution philosophique qui ait eu lieu dans l’Europe moderne depuis Descartes. Or, toute révolution digne de ce nom est fille du temps et non d’un homme. Le monde marche,...

TO MY PUPIL.  Beloved pupil! Tamed by thee,  Addish-, Subtrac-, Multiplica-tion,  Division, Fractions, Rule of Three,  Attest thy deft manipulation!    Then onward! Let the voice of Fame  From Age to Age repeat thy story,  Till thou hast won thyself a name  Exceeding even Euclid's glory!    This...

La disyuntiva entre cierto o falso, probable o improbable, razonable o insensato se nos presenta continuamente en la vida cotidiana. La lógica es la hermana formal y estricta pero mundana de la matemática. Como ciencia de los principios del pensamiento deductivo y de la demostración, también invade...

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who was largely responsible for shaping Western philosophy as it is known today.  Aristotle, who was one of Plato’s students and would later tutor Alexander the Great, was also regarded as the world’s first scientist and his many writings are still revered...

Na obra é defendido que a lógica é uma ciência apaixonante e viva, fruto de história de evolução e transformação. Essa mesma história é refletida neste livro, onde o autor pretende construir uma introdução aos desenvolvimentos e ao conteúdo dessa ciência.

Was war zuerst da, die Henne oder das Ei? Und ist das Glas nun halb voll oder halb leer? Philosophieprofessor Roy Sorensen präsentiert kurzweilig und amüsant ein Sammelsurium an Gedankenverdrehern, Seltsamkeiten und Dilemmata, die unser logisches Denken herausfordern und uns in die Welt von Platos...

Che cosa è il realismo? Che cosa intende dire chi si dichiara «realista» e a chi esattamente si contrappone? Siamo o dobbiamo essere davvero, in filosofia, nell'arte, in politica, più «realisti» di un tempo? In un rapido e originale percorso nei dibattiti recenti sul tema, dal postmodernismo...

Der Zauberer bändigt das Chaos: Ein gut sortiertes Kartenblatt wird von einem Zuschauer scheinbar völlig beliebig durcheinandergebracht. Doch dann – Simsalabim! – ist die Ursprungsreihenfolge wiederhergestellt. Zaubertricks wie dieser sind nicht schwer, und sie haben einen interessanten mathematischen...

Rien dans notre monde ne peut se produire, nous dit Leibniz, s’il ne se trouve une raison suffisante permettant de l’expliquer. Indissociablement logique et épistémologique, ce principe affirme que tout ce que nous pouvons dire de vrai à propos de notre monde doit, au moins en droit, pouvoir...

e-artnow vous présente la collection des oeuvres majeures d'Aristote, une édition numérique méticuleusement éditée et formatée. Aristote (Aristotélês), surnommé le Stagirite (Stageiritès), est un philosophe grec né en 384 av. J.-C. à Stagire, en Macédoine, et mort en 322 av. J.-C. à...

Questo volume ripropone sei articoli fondamentali di Gottlob Frege nella versione italiana corredata dalla guida alla lettura di Carlo Lazzerini, che ha fatto di questa raccolta un’introduzione particolarmente felice alla logica moderna: un testo classico molto intenso viene proposto in modo tanto...