Libri più popolari in Italia●Logica

Un numero impressionante di persone si nutre di credenze assurde e ridicole. Perché? Perché chiunque può finire per crederci. Astrologia, sensitivi, profezie di Nostradamus... pensate che basti essere persone istruite e acculturate per restarne alla larga? La risposta è un sonoro “no”. Esistono infatti molti trucchi retorici che possono trasformare un insieme di idee in una trappola psicologica, nella quale si è invogliati a entrare ma dalla quale è poi quasi impossibile uscire. Anche...

Data di rilascio : 2015-06-26 Genere:Saggistica > Filosofia 8,99 €

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'Punchy, funny and invigorating ... Pinker is the high priest of rationalism' Sunday Times 'If you've ever considered taking drugs to make yourself smarter, read Rationality instead. It's cheaper, more entertaining, and more effective' Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines fo...

Data di rilascio : 2021-09-28 Genere:Saggistica > Filosofia 9,49 €

If you can't prove something, it is literally senseless - so argues Ayer in this irreverent and electrifying book. Statements are either true by definition (as in maths), or can be verified by direct experience. Ayer rejected metaphysical claims about god, the absolute, and objective values as completely nonsensical. Ayer was only 24 when he finished LANGUAGE, TRUTH & LOGIC, yet it shook the foundations of Anglo-American philosophy and made its author notorious. It became a classic text, cle...

Data di rilascio : 2001-04-26 Genere:Saggistica > Filosofia 10,99 €

Friedrich Nietzsche (Born: 15 October 1844 – Died: 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869 at the age of 24. Nietzsche resi...

Data di rilascio : 2020-10-06 Genere:Saggistica > Filosofia 0,49 €

What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? The later Wittgenstein already addresses these fundamental philosophical questions under the general rubric of "grammar" and the question of its "arbitrariness"--and does so with great subtlety. This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. Part I interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized (and otherwise modified) version of Kant's...

Data di rilascio : 2009-01-10 Genere:Saggistica > Filosofia 29,99 €

If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting point, and assuming no previous knowledge of logic, Wilfrid Hodges takes the reader through the whole gamut of logical expressions in a simple and lively way. Readers who are more mathematically adventurous will find optional sections introducing rather more challenging material. 'A lively and stimulating book' Philosophy

Data di rilascio : 2001-11-29 Genere:Saggistica > Filosofia 9,49 €