A new edition featuring 3 halftones and 7 line drawings. Zobraziť viac
Conditionals are sentences of the form 'If A, then B', and they play a vital role in reasoning and communication. Combining the formal machinery of logic and probability theory with the empirical methods of cognitive psychology, this book is the first... Zobraziť viac
Human Dignity in Bioethics brings together a collection of essays that rigorously examine the concept of human dignity from its metaphysical foundations to its polemical deployment in bioethical controversies. The volume falls into three parts,... Zobraziť viac
So-called classical logic--the logic developed in the early twentieth century by Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and others--is computationally the simplest of the major logics, and it is adequate for the needs of most mathematicians. But it is just... Zobraziť viac
Our entire lives we have been led to believe that fear, along with trauma and suffering are negative conditions to be avoided, which is why most of us become victim to their effects. It is this belief that has kept so many of us rooted into a life of... Zobraziť viac
Can merely thinking about an imaginary situation provide evidence for how the world actually is--or how it ought to be? In this lively book, Roy A. Sorensen addresses this question with an analysis of a wide variety of thought experiments ranging from... Zobraziť viac
Mit Hilfe der Röntgenfluoreszenzspektroskopie (XRF) erhält man "Fingerabdrücke" chemischer Substanzen. Die letzten Errungenschaften auf diesem Gebiet behandelt dieses Buch, in dessen Neuauflage auch Kapitel zur Geschichte der XRF, zum Aufbau von... Zobraziť viac
Perfected over three editions and more than forty years, this field- and classroom-tested reference... Zobraziť viac
Brain imaging has revolutionised the field of Psychology, yet it can be a minefield whichever discipline you approach it from. This book shows how brain imaging can advance a true neuroscience of human cognition. It is accessible for those starting out... Zobraziť viac
Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other... Zobraziť viac
In a remarkably concise compass, the author presents, through actual examples, the fascinating story of how philosophers and scientists through the ages have tried to understand how things move. He also includes selections from the writings of... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive reference providing an approach to problems of biomedical ethics in the clinical setting. Zobraziť viac
An argument that—despite dramatic advances in the field—artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian Cantwell Smith argues that artificial intelligence is nowhere... Zobraziť viac
This book covers recent advances in efficiency evaluations, most notably Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) methods. It introduces the underlying theories, shows how to make the relevant calculations and discusses... Zobraziť viac
The publication of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought, but it also ignited a firestorm of controversy. More than two decades following his intercontinental voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, ... Zobraziť viac
In everyday life we either express our beliefs in all-or-nothing terms or we resort to numerical probabilities: I believe it's going to rain or my chance of winning is one in a million. The Stability of Belief develops a theory of rational belief that... Zobraziť viac
An encapsulation in nine numbers of all that modern astronomy has learnt about the universe. These cosmic numbers appear to be independent characteristics of our universe and include its age, the Hubble constant (a measure of its rate of expression),... Zobraziť viac
Phylogenies (evolutionary trees) are basic to thinking about and analyzing differences between species. Statistical, computational, and algorithmic work on them has been ongoing for four decades, with great advances in understanding. Yet no book has... Zobraziť viac
What forms does explanation take if it is not based on causation? Fifteen leading philosophers explore this hot topic, arising from a shift in philosophical understanding of the nature of explanation which reflects actual explanatory practices in... Zobraziť viac
