How did a glitch in IBM's Deep Blue computer allow it to reign superior over a chess grand master? Why have weather forecasts improved over time while earthquake prediction continues to evade seismologists? Is ever-increasing Big Data making the world of forecasting more precise…
"Philosophers have often thought that concepts such as "knowledge" and "truth" are appropriate objects for theoretical investigation. In a discussion which ranges widely over recent analytical philosophy and radical theory, Philosophy and its Epistemic Neuroses takes issue with …
"Philosophers have often thought that concepts such as "knowledge" and "truth" are appropriate objects for theoretical investigation. In a discussion which ranges widely over recent analytical philosophy and radical theory, Philosophy and its Epistemic Neuroses takes issue with …
Philosophers have long been concerned about what we know and how we know it. Increasingly, however, a related question has gained prominence in philosophical discussion: what should we believe and why? This volume brings together twelve new essays that address different aspects …