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Gilbert Harman - Thought - 9780691645117 - V9780691645117
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Thought

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Description for Thought hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Thoughts and other mental states are defined by their role in a functional system. Since it is easier to determine when we have knowledge than when reasoning has occurred, Gilbert Harman attempts to answer the latter question by seeing what assumptions about reasoning would best account for when we have knowledge and when not. He describes induction as inference to the best explanation, or more precisely as a modification of beliefs that seeks to minimize change and maximize explanatory coherence. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691645117
SKU
V9780691645117
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