Logic category: 1296 books

This book analyses and defends the deflationist claim that there is nothing deep about our notion of truth. According to this view, truth is a 'light' and innocent concept, devoid of any essence which could be revealed by scientific inquiry. Cezary Cieśliński considers this claim in light of recent...

This book contains an original introduction to the use of infinitesimal and infinite numbers, namely, the Alpha-Theory, which can be considered as an alternative approach to nonstandard analysis. The basic principles are presented in an elementary way by using the ordinary language of mathematics;...

L'ouvrage est le résultat d'un travail de recherche de neuf années concernant les liens structurels entre la métaphysique, la physique et la théologie chrétienne. Il met en évidence l'existence d'une structure universelle. L'encyclique "Fides et Ratio" du pape Jean-Paul II a lancé...

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本書は，経済学博士（大阪大学）による経済学及び経営学を学ぶために必要な数学の入門テキストの第 １ 巻です。 現在，経済学あるいは経営学を勉強している，あるいはこれから勉強しようと考えている方はぜひお読みください。 第...

Bertrand Russell’s professional philosophical reputation rests mainly on his mathematical logic and theory of knowledge. In this study, first published in 1985, however, Kenneth Blackwell considers Russell’s writings on ethics and metaethics and uncovers the conceptual unity in Russell’s normative...

Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of all time. His writings covered everything from physics and logic to politics and ethics. His thoughts will blow you away! If, that is, you can understand him! This book takes some of Aristotle's most complex thoughts and ideas, and puts them...

One of the world's most creative mathematicians finds the meaning of mathematics in the kitchen in this "whimsical...rigorous and insightful" (New York Times) book What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In How to Bake Pi,...

The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows...

“A flawless compendium of flaws.” —Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey The antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals! Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he...

Graham Priest presents an original exploration of philosophical questions concerning the one and the many. He covers a wide range of issues in metaphysics—including unity, identity, grounding, mereology, universals, being, intentionality, and nothingness—and deploys the techniques of paraconsistent...

This book will not give you another UX methodology. I have very little respect for them. These methodologies lock your brain into various frameworks that eventually prevent you from following simplicity. Most of the products we use today fail to get us excited. They are clunky and unintuitive and...