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The Basics eBook Series

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  • Logic: The Basics

    by Jc Beall, Shay Allen Logan ...
    Series series The Basics
    Logic: The Basics is an accessible introduction to several core areas of logic. The first part of the book features a self-contained introduction to the standard topics in classical logic, such as:· mathematical preliminaries· propositional logic· quantified logic (first monadic, then polyadic)· English and standard ‘symbolic translations’· tableau procedures.Alongside comprehensive coverage of ... Read more

    $41.21 CAD

  • Truth: The Basics

    by Jc Beall, Ben Middleton ...
    Series series The Basics
    Truth: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to philosophical theories about the nature of truth. The two authors – leading philosophers in this field – build the book around a single question: what, if anything, is common to all truths, which makes them true? The book explores five important answers (‘theories’) to the given question: correspondence, semantic, verifiability, ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD

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  • Philosophy of Mind

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Edward Feser ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    In this lively and entertaining introduction to the philosophy of mind, Edward Feser explores the questions central to the discipline; such as 'do computers think', and 'what is consciousness'; and gives an account of all the most important and significant attempts that have been made to answer them. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Mind, Language And Society

    Philosophy In The Real World

    by John R Searle ...
    Disillusionment with psychology is leading more and more people to formal philosophy for clues about how to think about life. But most of us who try to grapple with concepts such as reality, truth, common sense, consciousness, and society lack the rigorous training to discuss them with any confidence. John Searle brings these notions down from their abstract heights to the terra firma of real ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Godel's Proof

    by Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    'Nagel and Newman accomplish the wondrous task of clarifying the argumentative outline of Kurt Godel's celebrated logic bomb.' – The GuardianIn 1931 the mathematical logician Kurt Godel published a revolutionary paper that challenged certain basic assumptions underpinning mathematics and logic. A colleague of physicist Albert Einstein, his theorem proved that mathematics was partly based on ... Read more

    $38.46 CAD

  • Ontological Mathematics for the Curious: An Introduction to Ontological Thinking

    by Dr. Cody Newman ...
    There’s a new kid on the block, a subject that can revolutionize humanity’s understanding of reality, while being completely rational and logical, and scrupulously avoiding faith and mysticism. It’s the long-awaited replacement for science. Only one subject can take over from science and that is the subject that is already at the core of science and gives it all of its power and success, namely ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Philosophy of Mathematics

    A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures

    by James Robert Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    In his long-awaited new edition of Philosophy of Mathematics, James Robert Brown tackles important new as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. Can pictures go beyond being merely suggestive and actually prove anything? Are mathematical results certain? Are experiments of any real value?This clear and engaging book takes a unique approach, encompassing non-standard topics such ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • An Introduction to Metaphysics

    by John W. Carroll, Ned Markosian ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
    This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reflect on metaphysical problems. The philosophical questions discussed include: What makes it the case that one event ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Reason, Truth and History

    by Hilary Putnam ...
    Hilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy: the nature of truth, knowledge and rationality. His aim is to break down the fixed categories of thought which have always appeared to define and constrain the permissible solutions to these problems. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1

    The Dawn of Analysis

    by Scott Soames ...
    Series Book 1 - Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century
    This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date.As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2

    The Age of Meaning

    by Scott Soames ...
    Series Book 2 - Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century
    This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date.As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise of Realism

    by Manuel DeLanda, Graham Harman ...
    Until quite recently, almost no philosophers trained in the continental tradition saw anything of value in realism. The situation in analytic philosophy was always different, but in continental philosophy realism was usually treated as a pseudo-problem. That is no longer the case.In this provocative new book, two leading philosophers examine the remarkable rise of realism in the continental ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD