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Condition: good. This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1998
ISBN 10: 0471251860 ISBN 13: 9780471251866
Language: English
Condition: Good. New Ed. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1998
ISBN 10: 0471251860 ISBN 13: 9780471251866
Language: English
Condition: Good. New Ed. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1998
ISBN 10: 0471251860 ISBN 13: 9780471251866
Language: English
Condition: Very Good. New Ed. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. some shelfwear/edgewear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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GOODBYE, DESCARTES: The End Of Logic And The Search For A New Cosmology Of The Mind
Published by NY etc~. 1997. John Wiley & Sons, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). ink marked copy in good cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. front endapers have oldgift greeting & ink note. dustwrapper flaps are taped to the endpapers. (can be removed). title page has a few ink marks, underlining. page 266 has ink underlining and margin note. page 287 has one word underlined & margin mark, rest of contents free of markings. good reading copy. no library markings, no remainder markings. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). x+301p. b&w diagrams. suggestions for further reading index. philosophy. mathematics. biography. psychology. ~What are the laws of thought that allow humans to communicate so effectively? Can rules of thought and language be written down and programmed into computers that will one day think and communicate as well as we do? The twin abilities to reason and use language are defining features of our species. Within a few months of learning to talk, a child can produce sentences that baffle the most sophisticated computer language programs yet developed. Yet after more than 2,000 years of inquiry, we still cannot explain exactly how our minds perform these remarkable feats. In a lively and stimulating narrative, acclaimed author Keith Devlin chronicles scientists' centuries~old quest to discover the laws of thought, from the astonishingly adept efforts of the ancient Greeks, to the invention of the first primitive "thinking machine" in the late nineteenth century, to radical findings that are challenging the very notion that the mind follows logical rules. In this marvelous intellectual adventure story, Devlin traces the first attempts to devise thinking rules to the ancient Greek logicians. They delighted in brainteasing puzzles, such as Zeno of Elea's famous paradox of the arrow of time, and Socrates nimble dialogues in which he put forth such seemingly irrefutable propositions as "if the just man is expert at guarding money, he is also expert in stealing it." Devlin shows how these first efforts fostered the now entrenched belief~ argued so famously by René Descartes~ that we have an abstract, rational mind, separate from our bodies and ruled by the laws of logic. Driven by the belief that rational thought is a supremely logical process~ a mental calculation following precise, even mathematical, rules~a remarkable succession of towering intellects joined the quest to write down a formal language of the mind. Devlin introduces each of these figures and their ingenious contributions: from Gottfried Leibniz, co~inventor of the Calculus, to George Boole, who invented an "algebra of thought," to Alan Turing, who invented the logic of computing and first described the mind as a computer, and Noam Chomsky, who proposed that all human languages are essentially logical and follow universal rules. But if our thought and language are so logical, Devlin asks, why have all efforts to re~create them fallen short? The most advanced artificial intelligence and natural language programs do not begin to approximate actual human abilities. Computing machines, of any kind, cannot and probably never will think like us. It is time, he argues, to come to terms with the fact that logic simply can't capture the real processes of human thought. He introduces a host of new findings showing that many ways of thinking that are perfectly rational are at the same time entirely illogical, and that the exquisite verbal tango of human communication has little to do with logical processing. We must begin to appreciate, Devlin argues, that our minds are intimately intertwined with the world around us, and that our feelings and perceptions, even our social norms, play crucial roles in the marvelously complex dance of human cognition. Goodbye, Descartes is a fascinating history of ideas and the evolution of discovery, probing one of the most intriguing topics in science today, and delving deep into our fundamental understanding of who we are.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, NY, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471251860 ISBN 13: 9780471251866
Language: English
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good.; 8vo.
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Goodbye Descartes: End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United States, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 0471251860 ISBN 13: 9780471251866
Language: English
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
£ 4.54
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. "[Goodbye, Descartes] is certain to attract attention and controversy.a fascinating journey to the edges of logical thinking and beyond." -Publishers Weekly (???) Critical Acclaim for Keith Devlin's Previous Book Mathematics: The Science of Patterns "A book such as this belongs in the personal library of everyone interested in learning about some of the most subtle and profound works of the human spirit." -American Scientist "Devlin's very attractive book is a well-written attempt to explain mathematics to educated nonmathematicians . the basic ideas are presented in a clear, concise, and easily understood manner. Highly recommended." -Choice "[Devlin] has found an interesting way of exhibiting how mathematics is unified . the author's presentation is a tour de force." -Mathematical Reviews A Selection of the Newbridge Library of Science and Reader's Subscription. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. PHOTO AND VIDEO OF PAGES TAKEN TO SHOW CONDITION PRIOR TO SHIPPING; PHOTOS EMAILED FOR MORE SPECIFICS WHEN REQUESTED; Book. Book.
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Goodbye, Descartes: the End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 301 pp.
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Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. 301pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed.Biblio. & index. Signed & inscribed by Devlin on ffep.
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Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. 301pp. Index. Owner's name FEP, light wear, DJ: wear extremities, rubbing.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1998
ISBN 10: 0471251860 ISBN 13: 9780471251866
Language: English
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. New Ed. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Goodbye, Descartes : The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Seller: Phatpocket Limited, Waltham Abbey, HERTS, United Kingdom
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc "What are the laws of thought that allow human beings to reason and communicate so effectively? Can rules of thought and language be written down and programmed into computers that will one day think and communicate as well as we do?" 301 pages,Very good with spine head bumping, dust soiling to page edges in in Near Fine jacket with light wear 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages .clph.
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Goodbye, Descartes: The End of logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, et al., 1997
ISBN 10: 0471142166 ISBN 13: 9780471142164
Language: English
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Susan Olinsky (Cover Design) (illustrator). 301 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dj shows minimal wear. Relevant newspaper article(s)/Clipping(s) included from previous owner.
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0471142166.
