The outer limits of reason :: what science, mathematics, and logic cannot tell us /
Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and reason have revealed to us, this work studies what science, mathematics, and reason tell us cannot be revealed. In The Outer Limits...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and reason have revealed to us, this work studies what science, mathematics, and reason tell us cannot be revealed. In The Outer Limits of Reason, Noson Yanofsky considers what cannot be predicted, described, or known, and what will never be understood. He discusses the limitations of computers, physics, logic, and our own thought processes. Yanofsky describes simple tasks that would take computers trillions of centuries to complete and other problems that computers can never solve; perfectly formed English sentences that make no sense; different levels of infinity; the bizarre world of the quantum; the relevance of relativity theory; the causes of chaos theory; math problems that cannot be solved by normal means; and statements that are true but cannot be proven. He explains the limitations of our intuitions about the world -- our ideas about space, time, and motion, and the complex relationship between the knower and the known. Moving from the concrete to the abstract, from problems of everyday language to straightforward philosophical questions to the formalities of physics and mathematics, Yanofsky demonstrates a myriad of unsolvable problems and paradoxes. Exploring the various limitations of our knowledge, he shows that many of these limitations have a similar pattern and that by investigating these patterns, we can better understand the structure and limitations of reason itself. Yanofsky even attempts to look beyond the borders of reason to see what, if anything, is out there. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461939559 1461939550 9780262316781 0262316781 0262316773 9780262316774 9780262316767 0262316765 |
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| spelling | Yanofsky, Noson S., 1967- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjG9mc4Pvf8Bv7gkmpXY8C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008033233 The outer limits of reason : what science, mathematics, and logic cannot tell us / Noson S. Yanofsky. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013] 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Language paradoxes -- Philosophical conundrums -- Infinity puzzles -- Computing complexities -- Computing impossibilities -- Scientific limitations -- Metascientific perplexities -- Mathematical obstructions -- Beyond reason. Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and reason have revealed to us, this work studies what science, mathematics, and reason tell us cannot be revealed. In The Outer Limits of Reason, Noson Yanofsky considers what cannot be predicted, described, or known, and what will never be understood. He discusses the limitations of computers, physics, logic, and our own thought processes. Yanofsky describes simple tasks that would take computers trillions of centuries to complete and other problems that computers can never solve; perfectly formed English sentences that make no sense; different levels of infinity; the bizarre world of the quantum; the relevance of relativity theory; the causes of chaos theory; math problems that cannot be solved by normal means; and statements that are true but cannot be proven. He explains the limitations of our intuitions about the world -- our ideas about space, time, and motion, and the complex relationship between the knower and the known. Moving from the concrete to the abstract, from problems of everyday language to straightforward philosophical questions to the formalities of physics and mathematics, Yanofsky demonstrates a myriad of unsolvable problems and paradoxes. Exploring the various limitations of our knowledge, he shows that many of these limitations have a similar pattern and that by investigating these patterns, we can better understand the structure and limitations of reason itself. Yanofsky even attempts to look beyond the borders of reason to see what, if anything, is out there. English. Knowledge, Theory of. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072732 Science Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118582 Mathematics Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082153 Théorie de la connaissance. Mathématiques Philosophie. epistemology. aat REFERENCE Questions & Answers. bisacsh Knowledge, Theory of fast Mathematics Philosophy fast Science Philosophy fast Naturwissenschaften gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4041421-8 Mathematik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4037944-9 Erkenntnis gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4015286-8 Philosophie gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4045791-6 Kennistheorie. gtt Wetenschapsfilosofie. gtt Theory of knowledge. sears Science Philosophy. sears Mathematics Philosophy. sears has work: The outer limits of reason (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH4k7Rh3PYpJx4RCVCrdKm https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Yanofsky, Noson S., 1967- Outer limits of reason 9780262019354 (DLC) 2012050531 (OCoLC)830989475 UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=635146 Volltext |
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