| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 299 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Some of the material in this book was previously published in various journals and symposium proceedings between 1964 and 1996. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Philosophy and mystification 1. Understanding nonsense 2. Following and formalization 3. Infinity 4. Miracles 5. How to tell your friends from machines 6. Nature and necessity 7. Skepticism about skepticism 8. Fool's intelligence 9. Language and the society of others 10. Deus sive natura: science, nature, and ideology 11. On misunderstanding science 12. History and human nature 13. Newton, Euclid, and the foundation of geometry 14. Coda: philosophy and history. |
| Summary |
Robinson reflects on the nature, methods and resources of philosophic enquiry, looking at the central problems that have dogged Western philosophy in the modern era - including logical necessity, machine intelligence, determinism and skepticism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Methodology.
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Methodology. |
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Guy, 1927- Philosophy and mystification. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 (DLC) 97018223 |
| ISBN |
9780823235513 (ebook) |
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0823235513 (ebook) |
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0203980891 (electronic book) |
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9780203980897 (electronic book) |
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9780415178518 |
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0415178517 |
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0415178517 |
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