Foreword by Charles Wheelan, author of New York Times bestseller Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the DataWhat makes some evidence strong, some evidence weak, and some evidence total nonsense?
James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method.
Tyler Burge presents a collection of his seminal essays on Gottlob Frege (1848-1925), who has a strong claim to be seen as the founder of modern analytic philosophy, and whose work remains at the centre of philosophical debate today.
The Law of Non-Contradiction-that no contradiction can be true-has been a seemingly unassailable dogma since the work of Aristotle, in Book Gamma of the Metaphysics.
This study explores the relationship between the prevailing concept of "e;just profit"e; and contemporary reactions to the Sixteenth-Century Price Revolution by tracing the evolving meaning of "e;profit"e; in religious, political, and social discourse.
Now in its fourth edition, Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces students to the main issues and theories in twenty-first-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.
Now in its fourth edition, Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces students to the main issues and theories in twenty-first-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.
The studies in this book use Hegelian concepts and methodology to address issues such as the definition of nature, the concept of life, the relationship between humans and their natural environment, the principles of environmental ethics, technique, responsibility, human rights, the climate threat, and the challenges of economics facing the requirement of environmental and social sustainability.
In The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification, Ana Maria Mora-Marquez presents an exhaustive study of the three 13th-century discussions explicitly dealing with the notion of Significatio.
The Thinker's Guide to Clinical Reasoning introduces healthcare students and professionals to the foundations of critical thinking and offers examples of applications within clinical fields.
The Thinker's Guide to Clinical Reasoning introduces healthcare students and professionals to the foundations of critical thinking and offers examples of applications within clinical fields.
