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  • The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic

    Edited by Stewart Shapiro ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general philosophical issues and for its role in overall knowledge- gathering. Today, philosophy of mathematics and ... Read more

    $158.39 CAD

  • The Politics of Regulatory Reform

    by Stuart Shapiro, Debra Borie-Holtz ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
    Regulation has become a front-page topic recently, often referenced by politicians in conjunction with the current state of the U.S. economy. Yet despite regulation’s increased presence in current politics and media, The Politics of Regulatory Reform argues that the regulatory process and its influence on the economy is misunderstood by the general public as well as by many politicians.In this ... Read more

    $56.33 CAD

  • The History of Continua

    Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives

    Edited by Stewart Shapiro, Geoffrey Hellman ...
    Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It is a unified whole. This is in stark contrast with the prevailing contemporary account, which takes a continuum to be ... Read more

    $104.19 CAD

  • Numerical Relativity: Starting from Scratch

    by Thomas W. Baumgarte, Stuart L. Shapiro ...
    Numerical relativity has emerged as the key tool to model gravitational waves - recently detected for the first time - that are emitted when black holes or neutron stars collide. This book provides a pedagogical, accessible, and concise introduction to the subject. Relying heavily on analogies with Newtonian gravity, scalar fields and electromagnetic fields, it introduces key concepts of numerical ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Numerical Relativity

    Solving Einstein's Equations on the Computer

    by Thomas W. Baumgarte, Stuart L. Shapiro ...
    Aimed at students and researchers entering the field, this pedagogical introduction to numerical relativity will also interest scientists seeking a broad survey of its challenges and achievements. Assuming only a basic knowledge of classical general relativity, the book develops the mathematical formalism from first principles, and then highlights some of the pioneering simulations involving black ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Trump and the Bureaucrats

    The Fate of Neutral Competence

    by Stuart Shapiro ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume discusses the long term impacts of the Trump presidency on the federal bureaucracy. Drawing on the longstanding academic literature on neutral competence and interviews with the bureaucrats themselves, this book adds insight to the academic question of the role of bureaucrats in a democratic system after a four-year period in which their role has been questioned and threatened as never ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Friedrich Waismann

    The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy

    Edited by Dejan Makovec, Stewart Shapiro ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This edited collection covers Friedrich Waismann's most influential contributions to twentieth-century philosophy of language: his concepts of open texture and language strata, his early criticism of verificationism and the analytic-synthetic distinction, as well as their significance for experimental and legal philosophy.In addition, Waismann's original papers in ethics, metaphysics, epistemology ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

  • The Limits of Logic

    Higher-Order Logic and the Löwenheim-Skolem Theorem

    Edited by Stewart Shapiro ...
    Series series The International Research Library of Philosophy
    The International research Library of Philosophy collects in book form a wide range of important and influential essays in philosophy, drawn predominantly from English-language journals. Each volume in the library deals with a field of enquiry which has received significant attention in philosophy in the last 25 years and is edited by a philosopher noted in that field. ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Analysis and Public Policy

    Successes, Failures and Directions for Reform

    by Stuart Shapiro ...
    Series series New Horizons in Public Policy series
    How do we incorporate analytical thinking into public policy decisions? Stuart Shapiro confronts this issue in Analysis and Public Policy by looking at various types of analysis, and discussing how they are used in regulatory policy-making in the US. By looking at the successes and failures of incorporating cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, and environmental impact assessment, he draws ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Actinomycetes

    by Stuart Shapiro ...
    This book provides a comprehensive examination of biochemical and genetic regulatory phenomena as they relate to the activity of actinomycete secondary metabolic pathways and the functioning of secondary metabolites as endogenous effectors of cytodifferentiation. Approximately 50 illustrations accompany the text. ... Read more

    $755.81 CAD

  • Mathematical Structuralism

    by Geoffrey Hellman, Stewart Shapiro ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics
    The present work is a systematic study of five frameworks or perspectives articulating mathematical structuralism, whose core idea is that mathematics is concerned primarily with interrelations in abstraction from the nature of objects. The first two, set-theoretic and category-theoretic, arose within mathematics itself. After exposing a number of problems, the Element considers three further ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Classical First-Order Logic

    by Stewart Shapiro, Teresa Kouri Kissel ...
    Series series Elements in Philosophy and Logic
    One is often said to be reasoning well when they are reasoning logically. Many attempts to say what logical reasoning is have been proposed, but one commonly proposed system is first-order classical logic. This Element will examine the basics of first-order classical logic and discuss some surrounding philosophical issues. The first half of the Element develops a language for the system, as well ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD