Mind games [[electronic resource] ] : 31 days to rediscover your brain / / Martin Cohen
| Mind games [[electronic resource] ] : 31 days to rediscover your brain / / Martin Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
| Disciplina |
126
128/.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Consciousness
Thought experiments |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4443-4148-0
1-282-78370-X 9786612783708 1-4443-2796-8 1-4443-2797-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | MIND GAMES; Contents; Forward!; Acknowledgements; How To Use This Book; Week 1: Influencing the Reptile Mind; Week 2: Observing the Development of Little Minds; Week 3: Experiments in Practical Philosophy; Week 4: Miscellaneous Philosophical Investigations; Debriefing; Appendix A: Three Lines Test; Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading; Index |
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Mind games : 31 days to rediscover your brain / / Martin Cohen
| Mind games : 31 days to rediscover your brain / / Martin Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128/.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Consciousness
Thought experiments |
| ISBN |
9786612783708
9781444341485 1444341480 9781282783706 128278370X 9781444327960 1444327968 9781444327977 1444327976 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | MIND GAMES; Contents; Forward!; Acknowledgements; How To Use This Book; Week 1: Influencing the Reptile Mind; Week 2: Observing the Development of Little Minds; Week 3: Experiments in Practical Philosophy; Week 4: Miscellaneous Philosophical Investigations; Debriefing; Appendix A: Three Lines Test; Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911020333003321 |
Cohen Martin <1964->
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| Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 | ||
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Philosophical tales [[electronic resource] ] : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Rául Gonzáles III
| Philosophical tales [[electronic resource] ] : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Rául Gonzáles III |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 190 |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-68881-2
9786612688812 1-4443-0104-7 1-4443-0105-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; FORWARD!; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; PHILOSOPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; I: THE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 1: SOCRATES THE SORCERER (469-399 BCE); CHAPTER 2: THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF PLATO (ca. 427-347 BCE); CHAPTER 3: ARISTOTLE THE ARISTOCRAT (384-ca. 322 BCE); II: MORE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 4: LAO TZU CHANGES INTO NOTHING (6TH-5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 5: PYTHAGORAS COUNTS UP TO TEN (ca. 570-495 BCE); CHAPTER 6: HERACLITUS CHOOSES THE DARK SIDE OF THE RIVER (ca. 5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 7: HYPATIA HOLDS UP HALF OF THE SKY (ca. 370-415 CE); III: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 8: AUGUSTINE THE HIPPOCRITE (354-430 CE)
CHAPTER 9: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS DISPUTES THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (1225-1274)IV: MODERN PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 10: DESCARTES THE DILETTANTE (1596-1650); CHAPTER 11: HOBBES SQUARES THE CIRCLE (1588-1679); CHAPTER 12: SPINOZA GRINDS HIMSELF AWAY . . . (1632-1677); V: ENLIGHTENED PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 13: JOHN LOCKE INVENTS THE SLAVE TRADE (1632-1704); CHAPTER 14: THE MANY FACES OF DAVID HUME (1711-1776); CHAPTER 15: ROUSSEAU THE ROGUE (1712-1778); CHAPTER 16: IMMANUEL KANT, THE CHINAMAN OF KÖNIGSBURG (1724-1804); VI: THE IDEALISTS; CHAPTER 17: GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ, THE THINKING MACHINE (1646-1716) CHAPTER 18: BISHOP BERKELEY'S BERMUDA COLLEGE (1685-1753)CHAPTER 19: HEADMASTER HEGEL'S DANGEROUS HISTORY LESSON (1770-1831); CHAPTER 20: ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER AND THE LITTLE OLD LADY (1788-1860); VII: THE ROMANTICS; CHAPTER 21: THE SEDUCTION OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855); CHAPTER 22: MILL'S POETICAL TURN (1806-1873); CHAPTER 23: HENRY THOREAU AND LIFE IN THE SHED (1817-1862); CHAPTER 24: MARX'S REVOLUTIONARY MATERIALISM (1818-1883); VIII: RECENT PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 25: RUSSELL DENOTES SOMETHING (1872-1970); CHAPTER 26: THE RIPPING YARN OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951) CHAPTER 27: HEIDEGGER'S TALE (AND THE NAZIS) (1889-1976)CHAPTER 28: BENJAMIN LEE WHORF AND THE COLOR PINKER (ca. 1900-1950); CHAPTER 29: BEING SARTRE AND NOT DEFINITELY NOT BEING BEAUVOIR (1905-1980 AND NOT 1908-1986); CHAPTER 30: DECONSTRUCTING DERRIDA (1930-2004); SCHOLARLY APPENDIX: WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY, AND WHY THERE AREN'T MANY; KEY SOURCES AND FURTHER READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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| Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 | ||
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Philosophical tales [[electronic resource] ] : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Rául Gonzáles III
| Philosophical tales [[electronic resource] ] : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Rául Gonzáles III |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 190 |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-68881-2
9786612688812 1-4443-0104-7 1-4443-0105-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; FORWARD!; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; PHILOSOPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; I: THE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 1: SOCRATES THE SORCERER (469-399 BCE); CHAPTER 2: THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF PLATO (ca. 427-347 BCE); CHAPTER 3: ARISTOTLE THE ARISTOCRAT (384-ca. 322 BCE); II: MORE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 4: LAO TZU CHANGES INTO NOTHING (6TH-5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 5: PYTHAGORAS COUNTS UP TO TEN (ca. 570-495 BCE); CHAPTER 6: HERACLITUS CHOOSES THE DARK SIDE OF THE RIVER (ca. 5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 7: HYPATIA HOLDS UP HALF OF THE SKY (ca. 370-415 CE); III: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 8: AUGUSTINE THE HIPPOCRITE (354-430 CE)
CHAPTER 9: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS DISPUTES THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (1225-1274)IV: MODERN PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 10: DESCARTES THE DILETTANTE (1596-1650); CHAPTER 11: HOBBES SQUARES THE CIRCLE (1588-1679); CHAPTER 12: SPINOZA GRINDS HIMSELF AWAY . . . (1632-1677); V: ENLIGHTENED PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 13: JOHN LOCKE INVENTS THE SLAVE TRADE (1632-1704); CHAPTER 14: THE MANY FACES OF DAVID HUME (1711-1776); CHAPTER 15: ROUSSEAU THE ROGUE (1712-1778); CHAPTER 16: IMMANUEL KANT, THE CHINAMAN OF KÖNIGSBURG (1724-1804); VI: THE IDEALISTS; CHAPTER 17: GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ, THE THINKING MACHINE (1646-1716) CHAPTER 18: BISHOP BERKELEY'S BERMUDA COLLEGE (1685-1753)CHAPTER 19: HEADMASTER HEGEL'S DANGEROUS HISTORY LESSON (1770-1831); CHAPTER 20: ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER AND THE LITTLE OLD LADY (1788-1860); VII: THE ROMANTICS; CHAPTER 21: THE SEDUCTION OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855); CHAPTER 22: MILL'S POETICAL TURN (1806-1873); CHAPTER 23: HENRY THOREAU AND LIFE IN THE SHED (1817-1862); CHAPTER 24: MARX'S REVOLUTIONARY MATERIALISM (1818-1883); VIII: RECENT PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 25: RUSSELL DENOTES SOMETHING (1872-1970); CHAPTER 26: THE RIPPING YARN OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951) CHAPTER 27: HEIDEGGER'S TALE (AND THE NAZIS) (1889-1976)CHAPTER 28: BENJAMIN LEE WHORF AND THE COLOR PINKER (ca. 1900-1950); CHAPTER 29: BEING SARTRE AND NOT DEFINITELY NOT BEING BEAUVOIR (1905-1980 AND NOT 1908-1986); CHAPTER 30: DECONSTRUCTING DERRIDA (1930-2004); SCHOLARLY APPENDIX: WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY, AND WHY THERE AREN'T MANY; KEY SOURCES AND FURTHER READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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Cohen Martin <1964->
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| Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Philosophical tales [[electronic resource] ] : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Rául Gonzáles III
| Philosophical tales [[electronic resource] ] : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Rául Gonzáles III |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 190 |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-68881-2
9786612688812 1-4443-0104-7 1-4443-0105-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; FORWARD!; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; PHILOSOPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; I: THE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 1: SOCRATES THE SORCERER (469-399 BCE); CHAPTER 2: THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF PLATO (ca. 427-347 BCE); CHAPTER 3: ARISTOTLE THE ARISTOCRAT (384-ca. 322 BCE); II: MORE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 4: LAO TZU CHANGES INTO NOTHING (6TH-5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 5: PYTHAGORAS COUNTS UP TO TEN (ca. 570-495 BCE); CHAPTER 6: HERACLITUS CHOOSES THE DARK SIDE OF THE RIVER (ca. 5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 7: HYPATIA HOLDS UP HALF OF THE SKY (ca. 370-415 CE); III: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 8: AUGUSTINE THE HIPPOCRITE (354-430 CE)
CHAPTER 9: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS DISPUTES THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (1225-1274)IV: MODERN PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 10: DESCARTES THE DILETTANTE (1596-1650); CHAPTER 11: HOBBES SQUARES THE CIRCLE (1588-1679); CHAPTER 12: SPINOZA GRINDS HIMSELF AWAY . . . (1632-1677); V: ENLIGHTENED PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 13: JOHN LOCKE INVENTS THE SLAVE TRADE (1632-1704); CHAPTER 14: THE MANY FACES OF DAVID HUME (1711-1776); CHAPTER 15: ROUSSEAU THE ROGUE (1712-1778); CHAPTER 16: IMMANUEL KANT, THE CHINAMAN OF KÖNIGSBURG (1724-1804); VI: THE IDEALISTS; CHAPTER 17: GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ, THE THINKING MACHINE (1646-1716) CHAPTER 18: BISHOP BERKELEY'S BERMUDA COLLEGE (1685-1753)CHAPTER 19: HEADMASTER HEGEL'S DANGEROUS HISTORY LESSON (1770-1831); CHAPTER 20: ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER AND THE LITTLE OLD LADY (1788-1860); VII: THE ROMANTICS; CHAPTER 21: THE SEDUCTION OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855); CHAPTER 22: MILL'S POETICAL TURN (1806-1873); CHAPTER 23: HENRY THOREAU AND LIFE IN THE SHED (1817-1862); CHAPTER 24: MARX'S REVOLUTIONARY MATERIALISM (1818-1883); VIII: RECENT PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 25: RUSSELL DENOTES SOMETHING (1872-1970); CHAPTER 26: THE RIPPING YARN OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951) CHAPTER 27: HEIDEGGER'S TALE (AND THE NAZIS) (1889-1976)CHAPTER 28: BENJAMIN LEE WHORF AND THE COLOR PINKER (ca. 1900-1950); CHAPTER 29: BEING SARTRE AND NOT DEFINITELY NOT BEING BEAUVOIR (1905-1980 AND NOT 1908-1986); CHAPTER 30: DECONSTRUCTING DERRIDA (1930-2004); SCHOLARLY APPENDIX: WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY, AND WHY THERE AREN'T MANY; KEY SOURCES AND FURTHER READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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| Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 | ||
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Philosophical tales : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Raul Gonzales III
| Philosophical tales : being an alternative history revealing the characters, the plots, and the hidden scenes that make up the True Story of Philosophy / / Martin Cohen ; illustrations by Raul Gonzales III |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 190 |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy - History |
| ISBN |
9786612688812
9781282688810 1282688812 9781444301045 1444301047 9781444301052 1444301055 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; FORWARD!; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; PHILOSOPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; I: THE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 1: SOCRATES THE SORCERER (469-399 BCE); CHAPTER 2: THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF PLATO (ca. 427-347 BCE); CHAPTER 3: ARISTOTLE THE ARISTOCRAT (384-ca. 322 BCE); II: MORE ANCIENTS; CHAPTER 4: LAO TZU CHANGES INTO NOTHING (6TH-5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 5: PYTHAGORAS COUNTS UP TO TEN (ca. 570-495 BCE); CHAPTER 6: HERACLITUS CHOOSES THE DARK SIDE OF THE RIVER (ca. 5TH C. BCE); CHAPTER 7: HYPATIA HOLDS UP HALF OF THE SKY (ca. 370-415 CE); III: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 8: AUGUSTINE THE HIPPOCRITE (354-430 CE)
CHAPTER 9: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS DISPUTES THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (1225-1274)IV: MODERN PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 10: DESCARTES THE DILETTANTE (1596-1650); CHAPTER 11: HOBBES SQUARES THE CIRCLE (1588-1679); CHAPTER 12: SPINOZA GRINDS HIMSELF AWAY . . . (1632-1677); V: ENLIGHTENED PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 13: JOHN LOCKE INVENTS THE SLAVE TRADE (1632-1704); CHAPTER 14: THE MANY FACES OF DAVID HUME (1711-1776); CHAPTER 15: ROUSSEAU THE ROGUE (1712-1778); CHAPTER 16: IMMANUEL KANT, THE CHINAMAN OF KÖNIGSBURG (1724-1804); VI: THE IDEALISTS; CHAPTER 17: GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ, THE THINKING MACHINE (1646-1716) CHAPTER 18: BISHOP BERKELEY'S BERMUDA COLLEGE (1685-1753)CHAPTER 19: HEADMASTER HEGEL'S DANGEROUS HISTORY LESSON (1770-1831); CHAPTER 20: ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER AND THE LITTLE OLD LADY (1788-1860); VII: THE ROMANTICS; CHAPTER 21: THE SEDUCTION OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855); CHAPTER 22: MILL'S POETICAL TURN (1806-1873); CHAPTER 23: HENRY THOREAU AND LIFE IN THE SHED (1817-1862); CHAPTER 24: MARX'S REVOLUTIONARY MATERIALISM (1818-1883); VIII: RECENT PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 25: RUSSELL DENOTES SOMETHING (1872-1970); CHAPTER 26: THE RIPPING YARN OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951) CHAPTER 27: HEIDEGGER'S TALE (AND THE NAZIS) (1889-1976)CHAPTER 28: BENJAMIN LEE WHORF AND THE COLOR PINKER (ca. 1900-1950); CHAPTER 29: BEING SARTRE AND NOT DEFINITELY NOT BEING BEAUVOIR (1905-1980 AND NOT 1908-1986); CHAPTER 30: DECONSTRUCTING DERRIDA (1930-2004); SCHOLARLY APPENDIX: WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY, AND WHY THERE AREN'T MANY; KEY SOURCES AND FURTHER READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Cohen
| Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
| Disciplina | 101 |
| Soggetto topico | Thought experiments |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-31115-4
9786611311155 0-470-77655-2 0-470-77725-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A is for Alice and astronomers arguing about acceleration -- B is for Bernard's body-exchange machine -- C is for the Catholic cannibal -- D is for Maxwell's demon -- E is for evolution (and an embarrassing problem with it) -- F is for the forms lost forever to the prisoners of the cave -- G is for Galileo's gravitational balls -- H is for Hume's shades -- I is for the identity of indiscernibles -- J is for Henri Poincaré and alternative geometries -- K is for the Kritik and Kant's kind of thought experiments -- L is for Lucretius' spear -- M is for Mach's motionless chain -- N is for Newton's bucket -- O is for Olbers' paradox -- P is for Parfit's person -- Q is for the questions raised by thought experiments quotidiennes -- R is for the rule-ruled room -- S is for Salvatius' ship, sailing along its own space-time line -- T is for the time-travelling twins -- U is for the universe, and Einstein's attempts to understand it -- V is for the vexed case of the violinist -- W is for Wittgenstein's beetle -- X is for xenophanes and thinking by examples -- Y is for counterfactuals and a backwards approach to history -- Z is for Zeno and the mysteries of infinity. |
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Cohen
| Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
| Disciplina | 101 |
| Soggetto topico | Thought experiments |
| ISBN |
1-281-31115-4
9786611311155 0-470-77655-2 0-470-77725-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A is for Alice and astronomers arguing about acceleration -- B is for Bernard's body-exchange machine -- C is for the Catholic cannibal -- D is for Maxwell's demon -- E is for evolution (and an embarrassing problem with it) -- F is for the forms lost forever to the prisoners of the cave -- G is for Galileo's gravitational balls -- H is for Hume's shades -- I is for the identity of indiscernibles -- J is for Henri Poincaré and alternative geometries -- K is for the Kritik and Kant's kind of thought experiments -- L is for Lucretius' spear -- M is for Mach's motionless chain -- N is for Newton's bucket -- O is for Olbers' paradox -- P is for Parfit's person -- Q is for the questions raised by thought experiments quotidiennes -- R is for the rule-ruled room -- S is for Salvatius' ship, sailing along its own space-time line -- T is for the time-travelling twins -- U is for the universe, and Einstein's attempts to understand it -- V is for the vexed case of the violinist -- W is for Wittgenstein's beetle -- X is for xenophanes and thinking by examples -- Y is for counterfactuals and a backwards approach to history -- Z is for Zeno and the mysteries of infinity. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996199122703316 |
Cohen Martin <1964->
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Cohen
| Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
| Disciplina | 101 |
| Soggetto topico | Thought experiments |
| ISBN |
1-281-31115-4
9786611311155 0-470-77655-2 0-470-77725-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A is for Alice and astronomers arguing about acceleration -- B is for Bernard's body-exchange machine -- C is for the Catholic cannibal -- D is for Maxwell's demon -- E is for evolution (and an embarrassing problem with it) -- F is for the forms lost forever to the prisoners of the cave -- G is for Galileo's gravitational balls -- H is for Hume's shades -- I is for the identity of indiscernibles -- J is for Henri Poincaré and alternative geometries -- K is for the Kritik and Kant's kind of thought experiments -- L is for Lucretius' spear -- M is for Mach's motionless chain -- N is for Newton's bucket -- O is for Olbers' paradox -- P is for Parfit's person -- Q is for the questions raised by thought experiments quotidiennes -- R is for the rule-ruled room -- S is for Salvatius' ship, sailing along its own space-time line -- T is for the time-travelling twins -- U is for the universe, and Einstein's attempts to understand it -- V is for the vexed case of the violinist -- W is for Wittgenstein's beetle -- X is for xenophanes and thinking by examples -- Y is for counterfactuals and a backwards approach to history -- Z is for Zeno and the mysteries of infinity. |
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Cohen Martin <1964->
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
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Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments / / Martin Cohen
| Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments / / Martin Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Martin <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
| Disciplina | 101 |
| Soggetto topico | Thought experiments |
| ISBN |
9786611311155
9781281311153 1281311154 9780470776551 0470776552 9780470777251 0470777257 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A is for Alice and astronomers arguing about acceleration -- B is for Bernard's body-exchange machine -- C is for the Catholic cannibal -- D is for Maxwell's demon -- E is for evolution (and an embarrassing problem with it) -- F is for the forms lost forever to the prisoners of the cave -- G is for Galileo's gravitational balls -- H is for Hume's shades -- I is for the identity of indiscernibles -- J is for Henri Poincare and alternative geometries -- K is for the Kritik and Kant's kind of thought experiments -- L is for Lucretius' spear -- M is for Mach's motionless chain -- N is for Newton's bucket -- O is for Olbers' paradox -- P is for Parfit's person -- Q is for the questions raised by thought experiments quotidiennes -- R is for the rule-ruled room -- S is for Salvatius' ship, sailing along its own space-time line -- T is for the time-travelling twins -- U is for the universe, and Einstein's attempts to understand it -- V is for the vexed case of the violinist -- W is for Wittgenstein's beetle -- X is for xenophanes and thinking by examples -- Y is for counterfactuals and a backwards approach to history -- Z is for Zeno and the mysteries of infinity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911020019503321 |
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
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