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1. Educational Leadership and Michel Foucault

   By Donald Gillies

   Foucault’s understanding of critique is as a ‘permanent’ ethos by which humans explore the nature of their existence, but at the same time query the limits imposed upon them and probe opportunities for increasing freedom. This book outlines the key concepts in the work of Foucault, showing how his...

   To Be Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Frege, Dedekind, and Peano on the Foundations of Arithmetic (Routledge Revivals)

   By Donald Gillies

   First published in 1982, this reissue contains a critical exposition of the views of Frege, Dedekind and Peano on the foundations of arithmetic. The last quarter of the 19th century witnessed a remarkable growth of interest in the foundations of arithmetic. This work analyses both the reasons for...

   To Be Published October 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. An Objective Theory of Probability (Routledge Revivals)

   By Donald Gillies

   This reissue of D. A. Gillies highly influential work, first published in 1973, is a philosophical theory of probability which seeks to develop von Mises’ views on the subject. In agreement with von Mises, the author regards probability theory as a mathematical science like mechanics or...

   Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
4. Philosophical Theories of Probability

   By Donald Gillies

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability. Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account...

   Published August 23rd 2000 by Routledge