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Zusatztext This is a very good book for students learning about philosophical methods. The sections are concise, easily accessible and well well-written. I've been looking for a book like this on philosophical methods for a while now and this is one of the few that I've found so it is covering a needed gap in the market. I will definitely be recommending it to my library for purchase and to students. Informationen zum Autor David Papineau was educated in Trinidad, England, and South Africa. He has a BSc in mathematics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a BA and PhD in philosophy from Cambridge. He has lectured at Reading University, Macquarie University, Birkbeck College London, and Cambridge University. Since 1990 he has been Professor of Philosophy at King's College London.He was President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science from 1993 to 1995. In 1999-2000 he was a Leverhulme Research Fellow and in 2007 a Mind Fellow. He was President of the Mind Association for 2009-10. In 2010 he gave the Rudolf Carnap Lectures in Bochum, Germany and in 2011 the Gottlob Frege Lectures in Tartu, Estonia. Klappentext Philosophical Devices introduces the technical ideas that are taken for granted in contemporary philosophical writing. It offers simple explanations and covers a wealth of material that is normally available only to specialists. This original, distinctive book will appeal to anyone who is curious about the technical infrastructure of philosophy. Zusammenfassung Philosophical Devices introduces the technical ideas that are taken for granted in contemporary philosophical writing. It offers simple explanations and covers a wealth of material that is normally available only to specialists. This original, distinctive book will appeal to anyone who is curious about the technical infrastructure of philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Part I: Sets and Numbers 1: Naïve Sets and Russell's Paradox 2: Infinite Sets 3: Orders of Infinity Part II: Analyticity, a prioricity, and necessity 4: Kinds of Truths 5: Possible Worlds 6: Naming and Necessity Part III: The Nature and Uses of Probability 7: Kinds of Probability 8: Constraints on Credence 9: Correlations and Causes Part IV: Logics and Theories 10: Syntax and Semantics 11: Soundness and Completeness 12: Theories and Gödel's Theorem ...
