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Horacio Arlo-Costa (Ed.) - Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook - 9783319204505 - V9783319204505
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Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook

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Description for Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook Hardback. Editor(s): Arlo-Costa, Horacio; Hendricks, Vincent F.; Benthem, Johan van. Series: Springer Graduate Texts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 872 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBUD; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This volume presents 38 classic texts in formal epistemology, and strengthens the ties between research into this area of philosophy and its neighbouring intellectual disciplines. The editors provide introductions to five subsections: Bayesian Epistemology, Belief Change, Decision Theory, Interactive Epistemology and Epistemic Logic. 'Formal epistemology' is a term coined in the late 1990s for a new constellation of interests in philosophy, the origins of which are found in earlier works of epistemologists, philosophers of science and logicians. It addresses a growing agenda of problems concerning knowledge, belief, certainty, rationality, deliberation, decision, strategy, action and agent interaction - ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
Springer Graduate Texts in Philosophy
Number of Pages
937
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319204505
SKU
V9783319204505
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99-15

About Horacio Arlo-Costa (Ed.)
The late Horacio Arlo-Costa was Professor of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania. Arlo-Costa served as editor for the Review of Symbolic Logic, as area editor in epistemology for Synthese and as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Philosophical Logic. Vincent F. Hendricks is Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen, ... Read more

Reviews for Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook
The editors perform a valuable service in collecting and organizing a set of essays that can provide the dedicated reader with a firm and comprehensive background in formal epistemology. ... Readings in Formal Epistemology is a wonderful set of skillfully edited essays. Every graduate student and young researcher working in formal epistemology should read the essays in this volume. ... Read more

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