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1、RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyVolumeIXVolumeIXoftheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophysurveystenkeytopicsinthephilosophyofscience,logicandmathematicsinthetwentiethcentury.Eachoftheessaysiswrittenbyoneoftheworld’sleadingexpertsinthatfield.Thepapersprovideacomprehensiveintroductiontothesubjectinquestion,an

2、darewritteninawaythatisaccessibletophilosophyundergraduatesandtothoseoutsideofphilosophywhoareinterestedinthesesubjects.Eachchaptercontainsanextensivebibliographyofthemajorwritingsinthefield.Amongthetopicscoveredarethephilosophyoflogic,ofmathematicsandofGottlobFrege;LudwigWittgenstein’sTractatus

3、;asurveyoflogicalpositivism;thephilosophyofphysicsandofscience;probabilitytheory,cyberneticsandanessayonthemechanist/vitalistdebates.Inadditiontothesepapers,thevolumecontainsahelpfulchronologytothemajorscientificandphilosophicaleventsinthetwentiethcentury.Italsoprovidesanextensiveglossaryoftechn

4、icaltermsinthephilosophyofscience,logicandmathematics,andbriefbiographicalnotesonmajorfiguresinthesefields.StuartG.ShankerisProfessorofPhilosophyandofPsychologyatYorkUniversity,Canada.HehaspublishedwidelyonthephilosophyofLudwigWittgensteinandartificialintelligence.RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyGen

5、eralEditors—G.H.R.ParkinsonandS.G.ShankerTheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyprovidesachronologicalsurveyofthehistoryofwesternphilosophy,fromitsbeginningsinthesixthcenturyBCtothepresenttime.Itdiscussesallmajorphilosophicaldevelopmentsindepth.Mostspaceisallocatedtothoseindividualswho,bycommonconsent,a

6、reregardedasgreatphilosophers.Butlesserfigureshavenotbeenneglected,andtogetherthetenvolumesoftheHistoryincludebasicandcriticalinformationabouteverysignificantphilosopherofthepastandpresent.Thesephilosophersareclearlysituatedwithintheculturaland,inparticular,thescientificcontextoftheirtime.TheHis

7、toryisintendednotonlyforthespecialist,butalsoforthestudentandthegeneralreader.Eachchapterisbyanacknowledgedauthorityinthefield.Thechaptersarewritteninanaccessiblestyleandaglossaryoftechnicaltermsisprovidedineachvolume.IFromt