Introduction to formal philosophy. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sven Ove Hansson, Vincent F. Hendricks, editors.
• Editors: Hansson, Sven Ove; Hendricks, Vincent F
• Contents: Part I: The scope and methods of formal philosophy -- Chapter 1. Formalization (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Part II: Reasoning and inference -- Chapter 2. Non-monotonic reasoning (Alex Bochman) -- Chapter 3. Argument (Henry Prakken) -- Chapter 4. Induction (Rafal Urbaniak and Diderik Batens) -- Chapter 5. Bivalence and future contingency (François Rivenc, Carlo Proietti, and Gabriel Sandu) -- Chapter 6. Conditionals (John Cantwell) -- Chapter 7. Neural network models for conditionals (Hannes Leitgeb) -- Chapter 8. Proof theory (Jeremy Avigad) -- Chapter 9. Formal methods and the history of philosophy (Catarina Dutilh Novaes) -- Part III: Metaphysics and philosophy of language -- Chapter 10. Theory of concepts (Erich Rast) -- Chapter 11. Categories (Jean-Pierre Marquis) -- Chapter 12. Necessity and possibility (Melvin Fitting) -- Chapter 13. Reference and denotation (Robert van Rooy) -- Chapter 14. Indexicals (Philippe Schlenker) -- Chapter 14. Can natural language be captured in a formal system? (Martin Stokhof) -- Part IV: Epistemology -- Chapter 15. Knowledge representation for philosophers (Richmond H. Thomason) -- Chapter 16. Epistemic logic and epistemology (Wesley H. Holliday) -- Chapter 16. Belief change (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Chapter 17. Coherence (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Chapter 18. Probability theory (Darrell P. Rowbottom) -- Chapter 19. Bayesian epistemology (Erik J. Olsson). Part V: Philosophy of science -- Chapter 20. Models of the development of scientific theories (Gerhard Schurz) -- Chapter 21. Computational models in science and philosophy (Paul Thagard) -- Chapter 22. Space and time (John Manchak) -- Chapter 23. A formal theory of causation (Richard Scheines) -- Part VI: Axiology and moral philosophy -- Chapter 24. Formal investigations of value (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Chapter 25. Value theory (axiology) (Erik Carlson) -- Chapter 26. Preference and choice (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Chapter 27. Preference Change (Fenrong Liu) -- Deontic logic (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Chapter 28. Action theories, Andreas Herzig (Emiliano Lorini, and Nicolas Troquard) -- Part VII: Decision theory and social philosophy -- Chapter 29. Decision theory: A formal philosophical introduction (Richard Bradley) -- Chapter 30. Bayesian decision theory (Jeffrey Helzner) -- Chapter 31. Representing uncertainty (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Money-pumps (Sven Ove Hansson) -- Chapter 32. Causal decision theory (Brad Armendt) -- Dynamic decision theory (Katie Steele) -- Chapter 33. Logical approaches to law (John Woods) -- Chapter 34. Judgement aggregation (Philippe Mongin) -- Chapter 35. Social choice and voting (Prasanta K. Pattanaik).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 146.4; Analysis (Philosophy); Computer science; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical; Ethics; Analysis (Philosophy); Computer science; Ethics; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319774343; 3319774344; 9783319774336; 3319774336
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 10, 2019).
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