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Modal Logic: An Introduction to its Syntax and Semantics

Oxford University Press, 2008

In this text, a variety of modal logics at the sentential, first-order, and second-order levels are developed with clarity, precision and philosophical insight. All of the S1-S5 modal logics of Lewis and Langford, among others, are constructed. A matrix, or many-valued semantics, for sentential modal logic is formalized, and an important result...

Issues and Trends in Technology and Human Interaction (Advances in Technology and Human Interaction)

IGI Global, 2006

purposes of humans. It often has unintended and unexpected effects on humans and can be used for purposes other than originally planned. While technology cannot exist without humans, one can equally well argue that humans cannot exist without technology. This relationship touches on many fundamental questions of anthropology, ontology, and...

Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta: Symposium Aristotelicum (Oxford Symposium Aristotelicum)

Oxford University Press, 2009

Nine leading scholars of ancient philosophy from Europe, the UK, and North America offer a systematic study of Book Beta of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The work takes the form of a series of aporiai or "difficulties" which Aristotle presents as necessary points of engagement for those who wish to attain wisdom. The topics include causation,...

Possibility

Oxford University Press, 2009

Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of "possible worlds." The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of properties and relations. It is motivated by considerations about how we actually speak of...

The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

A groundbreaking, unifying theory of computer science for low-cost, high-quality software

The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science represents the culmination of more than thirty years of the author's hands-on experience in software development, which has resulted in a remarkable and sensible...

Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (American Philosophy Series)

Fordham University Press, 2004

In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.

This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology....

Quantum Causality: Conceptual Issues in the Causal Theory of Quantum Mechanics

Springer, 2009

This is a treatise devoted to the foundations of quantum physics and the role that causality plays in the microscopic world governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. There is no sharp dividing line between physics and philosophy of physics. This is especially true for quantum physics where debate on its interpretation and the status of the...

The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

Oxford University Press, 2008

Contemporary philosophy of mathematics offers us an embarrassment of riches. Among the major areas of work one could list developments of the classical foundational programs, analytic approaches to epistemology and ontology of mathematics, and developments at the intersection of history and philosophy of mathematics. But anyone familiar with...

Creative Space: Models of Creative Processes for the Knowledge Civilization Age

Springer, 2005

Creative Space summarizes and integrates the various up-to-date approaches of computational intelligence to knowledge and technology creation including the specific novel feature of utilizing the creative abilities of the human mind, such as tacit knowledge, emotions and instincts, and intuition. It analyzes several important approaches of this...

Lesniewski's Systems of Logic and Foundations of Mathematics (Trends in Logic)

Springer, 2013

This meticulous critical assessment of the ground-breaking work of philosopher Stanislaw LeÅniewski focuses exclusively on primary texts and explores the full range of output by one of the master logicians of the Lvov-Warsaw school. The author’s nuanced survey eschews secondary commentary, analyzing LeÅniewski's core...

Prediction of Protein Structures, Functions, and Interactions

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

The growing flood of new experimental data generated by genome sequencing has provided an impetus for the development of automated methods for predicting the functions of proteins that have been deduced by sequence analysis and lack experimental characterization.

Prediction of Protein Structures, Functions and Interactions presents...

Information Brokering Across Heterogeneous Digital Data: A Metadata-based Approach

Springer, 2000

Information intermediation is the foundation stone of some of the most successful Internet companies, and is perhaps second only to the Internet Infrastructure companies. On the heels of information integration and interoperability, this book on information brokering discusses the next step in information interoperability and integration. The...

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