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More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy (edition 2009)

by Eric Steinhart

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More Preciselyis 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.… (more)
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Title:More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy
Authors:Eric Steinhart
Info:Broadview Press (2009), Edition: 1, Paperback, 208 pages
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More Preciselyis 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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More Precisely is a mathematics book that's designed to meet the needs of philosophers. More Precisely introduces the mathematical concepts you need in order to do philosophy today. As we introduce these concepts, we illustrate them with many classical and recent philosophical examples. This is math for philosophers.

More Precisely is not a philosophy of mathematics book. It's a mathematics book. We're not going to talk philosophically about mathematics. We are going to teach you the mathematics you need to do philosophy. We won't enter into any of the debates that rage in current philosophy of math. Do abstract objects exist? How do we have mathematical knowledge? We don't deal with those issues here.

More Precisely is not a logic book. We're not introducing you to any logical calculus. We won't prove any theorems. You can do a lot of math with very little logic. If you know some propositional or predicate logic, it won't hurt. But even if you've never heard of them, you'll do just fine here.

More Precisely is an introductory book. It is not an advanced text. It aims to cover the basics so that you're prepared to go into the depths on the topics that are of special interest to you. To follow what we're doing here, you don't need anything beyond high school mathematics. We introduce all the technical notations and concepts gently.

More Precisely is illustrated with many examples taken from many branches of philosophy - including metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion. It shows how the mathematics is directly applied to philosophy.
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