Goodbye Descartes by Keith J Devlin
A notion, argued by Rene Descartes, is that our thought follows the rules of logic. In a narrative that travels from ancient times to today, this book shows how the concept of the mind as a logic machine developed and came to be so widely accepted.
KEITH DEVLIN, Ph.D., is a mathematician and the Dean of the School of Science of St. Mary's College. He is also the Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Communication. He is the author of Life by the Numbers (Wiley), Mathematics: The New Golden Age, and Mathematics: The Science of Patterns.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471251866 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471251860 |
| Title | Goodbye Descartes |
| Author | Keith J Devlin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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