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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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910140948703321
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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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->  
Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910144413503321
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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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
Record Nr. UNISA-996209980703316
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910829849503321
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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
Record Nr. UNINA-9911018929003321
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910144142103321
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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->  
Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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. UNINA-9910830614203321
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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
Cohen Martin <1964->  
Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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