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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199316546

ISBN-139780199316540

eBay Product ID (ePID)177739180

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Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameConsistency of Arithmetic : and Other Essays

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory & Philosophy, Logic, Arithmetic

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy

AuthorStorrs Mccall

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2013-008563

Reviews"...I generally enjoyed reading this collection of essays. McCall presents his views with clarity and at a welcome pace, and they deserve serious attention."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online"The essays are uniformly crisp, well-written, technical...and make valuable contributions to their respective literatures... I learned much about many topics from the book. McCall's contributions are indispensable, and anyone interested in his recent work on contemporary metaphysics and action theory will appreciate this collection." -- Metascience, "...I generally enjoyed reading this collection of essays. McCall presents his views with clarity and at a welcome pace, and they deserve serious attention."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online, "...I generally enjoyed reading this collection of essays. McCall presents his views with clarity and at a welcome pace, and they deserve serious attention."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online "The essays are uniformly crisp, well-written, technical...and make valuable contributions to their respective literatures... I learned much about many topics from the book. McCall's contributions are indispensable, and anyone interested in his recent work on contemporary metaphysics and action theory will appreciate this collection." -- Metascience, ... I generally enjoyed reading this collection of essays. McCall presents his views with clarity and at a welcome pace, and they deserve serious attention.

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Table Of ContentProvenance of the EssaysIntroduction1. The consistency of arithmetic.2. Can a Turing machine know that the Godel sentence is true?3. On "seeing" the truth of the Godel sentence4. How to make a decision5. Indeterminist Free Will6. The determinists have run out of luck, for a good reason7. Action based on Deliberation and Decision8. Controlled Indeterministic Processes in Action Theory9. The Causative Power of Conscious Choice10. The Open Future and its Exploitation by Rational Agents11. Does the brain lead the mind?12. 3D/4D equivalence, the twins paradox, and absolute time13. Philosophical Consequences of the Twins Paradox14. The 3D/4D Controversy: A Storm in a Teacup15. Laws of Nature and Branching Spacetime16. Objective Time Flow17. Time Flow18. QM and STR: The Combining of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Theory19. Downward causation, biological information, and development fields20. The supervenience of truth: freewill and omniscience21. An insoluble problemIndex

SynopsisThis volume contains six new and fifteen previously published essays -- plus a new introduction -- by Storrs McCall. Some of the essays were written in collaboration with E. J. Lowe of Durham University. The essays discuss controversial topics in logic, action theory, determinism and indeterminism, and the nature of human choice and decision., This volume contains six new and fifteen previously published essays -- plus a new introduction -- by Storrs McCall. Some of the essays were written in collaboration with E. J. Lowe of Durham University. The essays discuss controversial topics in logic, action theory, determinism and indeterminism, and the nature of human choice and decision. Some construct a modern up-to-date version of Aristotle's bouleusis , practical deliberation. This process of practical deliberation is shown to be indeterministic but highly controlled and the antithesis of chance. Others deal with the concept of branching four-dimensional space-time, explain non-local influences in quantum mechanics, or reconcile God's omniscience with human free will. The eponymous first essay contains the proof of a fact that in 1931 Kurt Gödel had claimed to be unprovable, namely that the set of arithmetic truths forms a consistent system., This volume contains six new and fifteen previously published essays - plus a new introduction - by Storrs McCall. Some of the essays were written in collaboration with E. J. Lowe of Durham University. The essays discuss controversial topics in logic, action theory, determinism and indeterminism, and the nature of human choice and decision. Some construct a modern up-to-date version of Aristotle's bouleusis, practical deliberation. This process of practical deliberation is shown to be indeterministic but highly controlled and the antithesis of chance. Others deal with the concept of branching four-dimensional space-time, explain non-local influences in quantum mechanics, or reconcile God's omniscience with human free will. The eponymous first essay contains the proof of a fact that in 1931 Kurt Gödel had claimed to be unprovable, namely that the set of arithmetic truths forms a consistent system., This volume contains six new and fifteen previously published essays -- plus a new introduction -- by Storrs McCall. Some of the essays were written in collaboration with E. J. Lowe of Durham University. The essays discuss controversial topics in logic, action theory, determinism and indeterminism, and the nature of human choice and decision. Some construct a modern up-to-date version of Aristotle's bouleusis , practical deliberation. This process of practical deliberation is shown to be indeterministic but highly controlled and the antithesis of chance. Others deal with the concept of branching four-dimensional space-time, explain non-local influences in quantum mechanics, or reconcile God's omniscience with human free will. The eponymous first essay contains the proof of a fact that in 1931 Kurt G del had claimed to be unprovable, namely that the set of arithmetic truths forms a consistent system., This volume contains six new and fifteen previously published essays -- plus a new introduction -- by Storrs McCall. Some of the essays were written in collaboration with E. J. Lowe of Durham University. The essays discuss controversial topics in logic, action theory, determinism and indeterminism, and the nature of human choice and decision. Some construct a modern up-to-date version of Aristotle's bouleusis, practical deliberation. This process of practical deliberation is shown to be indeterministic but highly controlled and the antithesis of chance. Others deal with the concept of branching four-dimensional space-time, explain non-local influences in quantum mechanics, or reconcile God's omniscience with human free will. The eponymous first essay contains the proof of a fact that in 1931 Kurt Gödel had claimed to be unprovable, namely that the set of arithmetic truths forms a consistent system.

LC Classification NumberB995.M331 2014