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		<title>Philosophies of the Sciences: A Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A collection of essays discussing a wide range of sciences and the central philosophical issues associated with them, presenting the sciences collectively to encourage a greater understanding of their associative theoretical foundations, as well as their relationships to each other. Offers a new and unique approach to studying and comparing the philosophies of a variety of scientific disciplines Explores a wide variety of individual sciences, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology and economics The essays are written by leading scholars in a highly accessible style for the student audience Complements more traditional studies of philosophy of science]]></description>
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		<title>Aristotle and the Science of Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrea Falcon&#8217;s work is guided by the exegetical ideal of recreating the mind of Aristotle and his distinctive conception of the theoretical enterprise. In this concise exploration of the significance of the celestial world for Aristotle&#8217;s science of nature, Falcon investigates the source of discontinuity between celestial and sublunary natures and argues that the conviction that the natural world exhibits unity without uniformity is the ultimate reason for Aristotle&#8217;s claim that the heavens are made of a special body, unique to them. This book presents Aristotle as a totally engaged, systematic investigator whose ultimate concern was to integrate his distinct investigations into a coherent interpretation of the world we live in, all the while mindful of human limitations to what can be known. Falcon reads in Aristotle the ambition of an extraordinarily curious mind and the confidence that that ambition has been largely fulfilled.]]></description>
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		<title>A Concise Introduction To Logic</title>
		<link>http://bookpasta.net/blog/2009/11/15/a-concise-introduction-to-logic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This text covers all of the standard topics for any introductory logic course. The material is integrated in such a way that elements fit together as in a puzzle so students can assemble a broad picture of the subject. Visual aids and colour are used to reinforce key points and concepts. Additionally, key terms are boldfaced, many examples serve to illustrate ideas, and more than 2000 selected exercises to sharpen student understanding and skill.]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Epistemology</title>
		<link>http://bookpasta.net/blog/2009/11/06/ancient-epistemology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first title in the Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series, which provides concise books, written by major scholars and accessible to non-specialists, on important themes in ancient philosophy which remain of philosophical interest today. In this book, Professor Gerson explores ancient accounts of the nature of knowledge and belief from the Presocratics up to the Platonists of late antiquity. He argues that ancient philosophers generally held a naturalistic view of knowledge as well as of belief. Hence, knowledge was not viewed as a stipulated or semantically determined type of belief but was rather a real or objectively determinable achievement. In fact, its attainment was identical with the highest possible cognitive achievement, namely wisdom. It was this naturalistic view of knowledge at which the ancient Skeptics took aim. The book concludes by comparing the ancient naturalistic epistemology with some contemporary versions. • Major synthesis of one of the most important fields of philosophy in antiquity by a senior scholar of international renown • Covers the whole of antiquity from Socrates’ predecessors to late antiquity • Shows how the ancient accounts and debates reflect on modern discussions of epistemology]]></description>
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		<title>Handbook of Practical Logic and Automated Reasoning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sheer complexity of computer systems has meant that automated reasoning, i.e. the ability of computers to perform logical inference, has become a vital component of program construction and of programming language design. This book meets the demand for a self-contained and broad-based account of the concepts, the machinery and the use of automated reasoning. The mathematical logic foundations are described in conjunction with practical application, all with the minimum of prerequisites. The approach is constructive, concrete and algorithmic: a key feature is that methods are described with reference to actual implementations (for which code is supplied) that readers can use, modify and experiment with. This book is ideally suited for those seeking a one-stop source for the general area of automated reasoning. It can be used as a reference, or as a place to learn the fundamentals, either in conjunction with advanced courses or for self study. • One stop reference that is broad-based and self-contained • Constructive approach that enables topics to be discussed algorithmically; implementation of these algorithms provided as code • Can be used as a reference, or as a place to learn the fundamentals, either in conjunction with advanced courses or for self study]]></description>
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		<title>Unknowability: An Inquiry Into the Limits of Knowledge</title>
		<link>http://bookpasta.net/blog/2009/11/05/unknowability-an-inquiry-into-the-limits-of-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The realities of man’s cognitive situation are such that our knowledge of the world’s ways is bound to be imperfect. Nonetheless, the theory of unknowability—agnoseology as some have called it—is a rather underdeveloped branch of knowledge. And it seems destined to remain so since most of us would prefer to “accentuate the positive” and focus attention on human abilities and powers, rather than disabilities and incapacities. Granted, the task of identifying individual unknowable facts as such is inherently impracticable. (If they are supposed to be identified as such—as facts—then how can they be unknowable?) But their treatment at the level of generality is something else again. And as the deliberations of the book will endeavor to show in detail, there are four prime reasons for the impracticability of cognitive access to certain facts about the world: developmental impredictability, verificational surdity, ontological detail, and predicative vagrancy. The role of each of these factors will be explained and examined by exploring the prospects and possibilities of knowledge, with particular focus on its limits, practical and theoretical alike.]]></description>
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