More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy - Second Edition - Softcover

Steinhart, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155481345X ISBN 13: 9781554813452

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2017

Synopsis

More Precisely is a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of many basic mathematical concepts and sets out the most commonly used notational conventions. He also demonstrates how mathematics applies to fundamental issues in various branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics. This second edition adds a substantial section on decision and game theory, as well as a chapter on information theory and the efficient coding of information.

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About the Author

Eric Steinhart is a professor of philosophy at William Paterson University. He is the author of Your Digital Afterlives: Computational Theories of Life after Death (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), On Nietzsche (Wadsworth, 1999), and The Logic of Metaphor: Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds (Kluwer Academic, 2001).

From the Back Cover

More Precisely is a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of many basic mathematical concepts and sets out the most commonly used notational conventions. He also demonstrates how mathematics applies to fundamental issues in various branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics. This second edition adds a substantial section on decision and game theory, as well as a chapter on information theory and the efficient coding of information.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155481345X
• ISBN 13: 9781554813452
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256