Contents include examinations of arithmetic and geometry; the rigorous construction of the theory of integers; the rational numbers and their foundation in arithmetic; and the rigorous construction of elementary arithmetic. Advanced topics encompass the principle of complete induction; the limit and point of accumulation; and more. Includes 27 ...
The contribution made by the Vienna Circle to ethics and the philosophy of action is increasingly being recognized. Here two previously unpublished pieces by Moritz Schlick and his pupil Josef Schachter set the scene, showing how ethics is not dependent on metaphysics but does require a sensitivity to strata of language other than that of science. ...
`Wittgenstein and his Times' contains five essays by well-known philosophers, Anthony Kenny, Brian McGuinness, J.C.Nyiri, Rush Rees and G.H. von Wright, which relate Wittgenstein's thinking and world view to that of certain influential contemporaries. Although it is not surprising that Wittgenstein's work should have features in common with and ...
In this study Friedrich Waismann gives a systematic presentation of insights into philosophical problems which can be achieved by clarifying the language in which the problems are posed. Much of the material and the method itself derive from Wittgenstein's work in the early 1930s. The book was originally envisaged as a well organized account of ...
`Wittgenstein and his Times' contains five essays by well-known philosophers, Anthony Kenny, Brian McGuinness, J.C.Nyiri, Rush Rees and G.H. von Wright, which relate Wittgenstein's thinking and world view to that of certain influential contemporaries. Although it is not surprising that Wittgenstein's work should have features in common with and ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. xii, 422 p. illus. 23 cm. A revision of the original German; German ed. first published in 1976 under title: Logik, Sprache, Philosophie. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Torchbooks
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, margin writing and underlining in red ink throughout the book, spine is gently creased, some shelf wear, former owner's name and address are in ink on the inner front cover and embossed on the half-title page as well, overall a very clean used first Harper Torchbooks paperback edition! Blue, white, and brown wrapper with blue, black, and white lettering. 260 informative and educational pages! "This book ... read more
Description: Good. 8vo. Hardcover, 1980. The usual ex-library treatments are present. Released by B.F. Mcguinness. Red cloth cover. 266 pages. Text is in German. Binding is sturdy. Cover and spine are in good condition with minimal wear. Corners are gently rounded with small fabric tears. Top-edge is library stamped. Library markings on front and back inside cover. Library stamp on the title page and in the back of the title page. Pages are lightly tanned, clean and intact. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "THIS BOOK, presupposing no specific training in mathematics, is nevertheless not a superficial survey of the subject. A deep & genuine understanding of the basis of mathematical thought is acquired only with effort, & this 'Introduction' is not guilty of seeking to impart a spuriously facile acquaintance with the subject...Beginning with the natural numbers & the fundamental laws of arithmetic, the account is carried through the problems of the real-number ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Date Published: 1967
Description: Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket., small owner name to front pastedown, only minor evidence of handling. no writing or text markings, tight binding.; original german text.; 265pp., notes taken at the meetings between wittgenstein and moritz schlick of the so-called vienna circle, or wiener kreis. read more
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