Philosophy of Science, Logic and Mathematics in the Twentieth Century

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Stuart Shanker
Psychology Press, 2003 - 461 pages
The twentieth century witnessed the birth of analytic philosophy. This volume covers some of its key movements and philosophers, including Frege and Wittgenstein's Tractatus.

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Irvine
9
Philosophy of mathematics in the twentieth century
50
Frege
124
Wittgensteins Tractatus
157
Logical positivism
193
The philosophy of physics
214
The philosophy of science today
235
probability theory and
266
Cybernetics
292
the mechanistvitalist debates
315
Glossary
376
Index
444
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