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1. Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge

   By James Robert Brown

   This study addresses a central theme in current philosophy: Platonism vs Naturalism and provides accounts of both approaches to mathematics, crucially discussing Quine, Maddy, Kitcher, Lakoff, Colyvan, and many others. Beginning with accounts of both approaches, Brown defends Platonism by arguing...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87266-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. The Tractatus Wars

   Edited by Rupert Read, Matthew Lavery

   Over fifteen years have passed since Cora Diamond and James Conant turned Wittgenstein scholarship upside down with the program of “resolute” reading, and ten years since this reading was crystallized in the major collection The New Wittgenstein. This approach remains at the center of the debate...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-87440-3 | Paperback (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...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-61792-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. The Theory of Logical Types (Routledge Revivals)

   By Irving Copi

   This reissue, first published in 1971, provides a brief historical account of the Theory of Logical Types; and describes the problems that gave rise to it, its various different formulations (Simple and Ramified), the difficulties connected with each, and the criticisms that have been directed...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-61627-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason

   By Peg Tittle

   Thinking critically about the arguments and messages we see every day – in words or in pictures – gives us the power to make up our own minds. Thinking critically about the way we express ourselves – in writing or in person – gives us the power to persuade. In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-99714-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Epistemology and the Regress Problem

   By Scott Aikin

   In the last decade, the familiar problem of the regress of reasons has returned to prominent consideration in epistemology. And with the return of the problem, evaluation of the options available for its solution is begun anew. Reason’s regress problem, roughly put, is that if one has good reasons...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-87800-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings

   Edited by Antony Eagle

   Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings is the first anthology to collect essential readings in this important area of philosophy. Featuring the work of leading philosophers in the field such as Carnap, Hájek, Jeffrey, Joyce, Lewis, Loewer, Popper, Ramsey, van Fraassen, von Mises, and many...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-48387-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Science of Reason: A Festschrift for Jonathan St. BT Evans

   Edited by Ken Manktelow, David Over, Shira Elqayam

   This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of the psychology of reasoning, based around, and in tribute to, one of the field’s most eminent figures: Jonathan St B.T. Evans. In this collection of cutting edge research, Evans’ collaborators and colleagues review a wide range of important and...

   October 2010 | 978-1-84872-015-2 | Hardback (Psychology Press)
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   Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Frege on Sense and Reference

   By Mark Textor

   Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was first and foremost a mathematician, but his major works also made important contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege’s writings are difficult and deal with...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-41962-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences, 2nd Edition

    By James Robert Brown

    Newton's bucket, Einstein's elevator, Schrödinger's cat – these are some of the best-known examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences. But what function do these experiments perform? Are they really experiments at all? Can they help us gain a greater understanding of the natural world?...

    July 2010 | 978-0-415-99653-2 | Paperback (Routledge)