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_aRayo, AgustÃn _96306 |
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_aOn the brink of paradox : _bhighlights from the intersection of philosophy and mathematics |
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_aUSA _bMIT Press _c2019 |
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| 300 | _a302p. | ||
| 520 | _aAn introduction to awe-inspiring ideas at the brink of paradox: infinities of different sizes, time travel, probability and measure theory, and computability theory. This book introduces the reader to awe-inspiring issues at the intersection of philosophy and mathematics. It explores ideas at the brink of paradox: infinities of different sizes, time travel, probability and measure theory, computability theory, the Grandfather Paradox, Newcomb's Problem, the Principle of Countable Additivity. The goal is to present some exceptionally beautiful ideas in enough detail to enable readers to understand the ideas themselves (rather than watered-down approximations), but without supplying so much detail that they abandon the effort. The philosophical content requires a mind attuned to subtlety; the most demanding of the mathematical ideas require familiarity with college-level mathematics or mathematical proof. | ||
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_aMathematics _9435 |
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_aLogic, Symbolic and mathematical _93534 |
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_aParadoxes _96307 |
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