Studies in Quantitative Philosophizing:
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Main Author: Rescher, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2010
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Online Access:DE-706
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Main description: The present book brings together several case studies, dealing with relevant facets of the work of some of philosophy’s all-time greats. The subject-matter topic being addressed differs significantly, but in each case there is an attempt to apply mathematical methods and perspectives to the solution of a key philosophical issue in a way that throws instructive light upon it. On this basis it emerges that the question "Are mathematical methods useful in philosophy?" finds a suggestive response in the fact that over two millennia key figures in the history of the subject have indeed thought so. And they have substantiated this view not so much by abstract argumentation on the basis of general principles, but by making this point through actual practice
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (167 S.)
ISBN:9783110319200
9783110319613
9783110319620
DOI:10.1515/9783110319613

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