Conventionalism: From Poincare to Quine

By Yemima Ben-Menahem

Book Overview

The daring idea that convention - human decision - lies at the root both of necessary truths and much of empirical science reverberates through twentieth-century philosophy, constituting a revolution... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107407311
• ISBN13: 9781107407312
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"