S. G. Shanker - Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume 9 - Philosophy of Science, Logic and Mathematics in the C20

Volume 9 of the Routledge History of Philosophy surveys ten key topics in the Philosophy of Science, Logic and Mathematics in the Twentieth Century. Each article is written by one of the world's leading experts in that field. The papers provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject in question, and are written in a way that is accessible to philosophy undergraduates and to those outside of philosophy who are interested in these subjects. Each chapter contains an extensive bibliography of the major writings in the field. Among the topics covered are the philosophy of logic; Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus; a survey of logical positivism; the philosophy of physics and of science; probability theory and cybernetics.

About the Author

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Joseph Agassi, York University, Canada, James Bogen, Pitzer College, USA, Rainer Born, Johannes-Kepler-Universitat Linz, Austria, Jeff Coulter, Boston University, USA, Michael Detlefsen, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, Oswald Hanfling, Rom Harré, Andrew Irvine, Ken Sayre, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

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