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Necessity Lost: Modality and Logic in Early Analytic Philosophy, Volume 1

Oxford University Press, 2019

A long tradition, going back to Aristotle, conceives of logic in terms of necessity and possibility: a deductive argument is correct if it is not possible for the conclusion to be false when the premises are true. A relatively unknown feature of the analytic tradition in philosophy is that, at its very inception, this venerable conception of the...

Pro Python 3: Features and Tools for Professional Development

Apress, 2019

Refine your programming techniques and approaches to become a more productive and creative Python programmer. This book explores the concepts and features that will improve not only your code but also your understanding of the Python community with insights and details about the Python philosophy.

Pro Python 3,...

Why I Am Not a Buddhist

Yale University Press, 2020

A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world’s most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science

Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits...

Reactive Design Patterns

Manning Publications, 2017

Summary

Reactive Design Patterns is a clearly written guide for building message-driven distributed systems that are resilient, responsive, and elastic. In this book you'll find patterns for messaging, flow control, resource management, and concurrency, along with practical issues like test-friendly...

Keywords in Radical Philosophy and Education (Critical Understanding in Education)

Brill Academic Publishers, 2019

While education is an inherently political field and practice, and while the political struggles that radical philosophy takes up necessarily involve education, there remains much to be done at the intersection of education and radical philosophy. That so many intense political struggles today actually center educational processes and...

A First Course in Logic: An Introduction to Model Theory, Proof Theory, Computability, and Complexity

Oxford University Press, 2004

'a clear and unifying treatment of fundamental concepts underlying Computer Sciences and Foundations of Mathematics' Professor Boris Zilber (Professor of Mathematical Logic, University of Oxford)

'an excellent book' Professor Dov Gabbay (King's College, London)

The ability to reason and think in a logical manner...

Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Bayesian networks have received a lot of attention over the last few decades from both scientists and engineers, and across a number of fields, including artificial intelligence (AI), statistics, cognitive science, and philosophy.

Perhaps the largest impact that Bayesian networks have had is on the field of AI, where they were...

How We Cooperate: A Theory of Kantian Optimization

Yale University Press, 2019

A new theory of how and why we cooperate, drawing from economics, political theory, and philosophy to challenge the conventional wisdom of game theory

Game theory explains competitive behavior by working from the premise that people are self-interested. People don’t just compete, however; they also...

How to Write Essays & Assignments (Smarter Study Guides)

Financial Times Management, 2007

Welcome to How to Write Essays and Assignments. We’re pleased that you’ve chosen this book and we hope it will help you with all your academic writing tasks. Our aim has been to provide practical tips to guide you from planning to submission, with help along the way on topics like punctuation, spelling and grammar, so...

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics

Oxford University Press, 2019

Economics and ethics are both valuable tools for analyzing the behavior and actions of human beings and institutions. Adam Smith, the father of modern economics, considered them two sides of the same coin, but since economics was formalized and mathematicised in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the fields have largely followed separate...

Object Thinking

Microsoft Press, 2004

In Object Thinking, esteemed object technologist David West contends that the mindset makes the programmer—not the tools and techniques. Delving into the history, philosophy, and even politics of object-oriented programming. West reveals how the best programmers rely on analysis and conceptualization—on...

Expert One-on-One Oracle

Apress, 2003

Tom Kyte is of a rare breed. To begin, he's technically expert in his subject (administration of and development of applications for Oracle database management systems). What's more (and what distinguishes him from the ranks of the super-competent), he is both able and willing to share his considerable store of wisdom with Oracle users via...

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