Tom Taylor's Civil War
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    Thomas Thomson Taylor , Margaret Antoinette White Taylor , and Lot 19 Section 1
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    ASIN: 0700610499

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    Our hurly-burly sagas of war often overlook the deep connections between warriors and the families they left behind. In Tom Taylor's Civil War, eminent Civil War historian Albert Castel brings that familial connection back into sharp focus, reminding us again that soldiers in the field are much more than mere cogs in the machinery of war.

    A young Ohio lawyer, Thomas Taylor was a junior officer who fought under Sherman at Vicksburg and Chattanooga and on the march through Georgia, and his diary and letters contain vivid descriptions of numerous skirmishes and battles over four years. By interweaving Taylor's words with his own narrative, Albert Castel has fashioned a work on the Civil War as engrossing as a novel; by also including letters from Taylor's wife, he has created a whole new dimension for viewing that conflict.

    Often written under adverse conditions, Taylor's descriptions of military encounters are filled with vivid details and perceptive observations. His passages especially provide new insight into the Georgia campaign--including accounts of the Battles of Atlanta and Ezra Church--and into the role of middle-echelon officers in both camp and combat. Castel's bridging narrative is equally dramatic, providing an overview of the fighting that gives readers invaluable context for Taylor's eyewitness reports.

    The book chronicles not only Taylor's military career but also the strains it placed on his marriage. Taylor had gone off to war both to fight for his Unionist beliefs and to enhance his reputation in his community, while his wife, Netta, was a peace Democrat whose letters constantly urged Tom to return home. Their epistolary conversation--rare among Civil War sources--reflects a relationship that was as politically charged as it was passionate. Taylor's passages also reveal his changing attitudes: from favoring strong measures against the rebels at the beginning of the war to eventually deploring the destruction he witnessed in Georgia.

    Tom Taylor's Civil War is a moving account of one man whose life was ripped apart by war and of the woman back home who remained his anchor through it all. Combining the best features of biography and autobiography, it paints a compelling picture of that conflict that will stir the heart as much as the imagination.

    This book is part of the Modern War Studies series.
    Tom Taylor's Civil War
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      Albert Castel
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      Tom Taylors Civil War
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        Albert Castel
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        Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery (Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers)
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          J. Hintikka
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          Is a genuine logic of scientific discovery possible? In the essays collected here, Hintikka not only defends an affirmative answer; he also outlines such a logic. It is the logic of questions and answers. Thus inquiry in the sense of knowledge-seeking becomes inquiry in the sense of interrogation. Using this new logic, Hintikka establishes a result that will undoubtedly be considered the fundamental theorem of all epistemology, viz., the virtual identity of optimal strategies of pure discovery with optimal deductive strategies. Questions to Nature, of course, must include observations and experiments. Hintikka shows, in fact, how the logic of experimental inquiry can be understood from the interrogative vantage point. Other important topics examined include induction (in a forgotten sense that has nevertheless played a role in science), explanation, the incommensurability of theories, theory-ladenness of observations, and identifiability.
          The Philosophy of Jaakko Hintikka (The Library of Living Philosophers)
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            One of the world’s most influential logicians, Jaakko Hintikka is a leading figure on the international philosophical scene. Here, he responds to his critics. The 27 critical and descriptive essays in this book, written by important scholars from a variety of fields, challenge Hintikka’s innovations in philosophy, logic, and linguistics. His replies, and the essays themselves, all previously unpublished, form a lively, provocative exchange of ideas. Also included is an intellectual autobiography and a complete bibliography of Hintikka's writings.
            Knowledge and Belief - An Introduction to the Logic of the Two Notions
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              Knowledge and Belief - An Introduction to the Logic of the Two Notions
              Jaakko Hintikka , Vincent F. Hendricks , and John Symons
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              Knowledge and Belief An Introduction to the Logic of the Two Notions by Jaakko Hintikka Prepared by Vincent F. Hendricks & John Symons In 1962 Jaakko Hintikka published Knowledge and Belief: An Introduction to the Logic of the Two Notions with Cornell University Press. Almost every paper or a book on epistemic and doxastic logic that has appeared since then has referred to this seminal work. Although many philosophers working in logic, epistemology, game-theory, economics, computer science and linguistics mention the book, it is very likely that most have never literally had their hands on it, much less owned a copy. After a fourth printing in 1969, Knowledge and Belief went out of print and as many of us have found to our dismay, it has become increasingly difficult to find used copies at our local shops or online. It is our pleasure to provide the interdisciplinary community with this reprint edition of Knowledge and Belief. Knowledge and Belief is a classic on which a generation - my generation - of epistemologists cut their teeth. This reissue is welcome. It will provide something for the next generation to chew on. - Fred Dretske, Duke University It is wonderful to see this classic being reissued after so many years out of print. It was extremely influential in its day; its influence continues to this day, through the impact of epistemic logic in fields as diverse distributed computing, artificial intelligence, and game theory. This reissue should make it possible for a new generation of researchers to appreciate Hintikka's groundbreaking work. - Joseph Halpern, Cornell University
              On Godel (Wadsworth Philosophers Series)
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              On Godel (Wadsworth Philosophers Series)
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              This brief text assists students in understanding Godel's philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON GÖDEL is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in the series, this concise book offers sufficient insight into the thinking of a notable philosopher better enabling students to engage in the reading and to discuss the material in class and on paper.

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              2 out of 5 stars Too many typos.......2005-08-25

              I'm surprised that the previous review did not comment on the number of typographical errors; as far as I can see there is only one edition. The typos range from the merely distracting, to places where sentences become gibberish. Based on content, I'd give this at least 4 stars, but I found it too difficult to read. It's a nice complement to *Goedel's Proof* by Nagel and Newman--N & N give a much clearer exposition of Goedel's work, but Hintikka brings up a number of points I have not seen elsewhere (warning: many of the points raised can't be fully understood without referring to other works that treat them in more depth, unless you already have a strong background in mathematical foundations and logic).

              4 out of 5 stars Very interesting.......2002-10-06

              This is a very interesting introduction to the thought and life of a great mathemetician and sometime philosopher. Hintikka has a clear writing style that helps with some difficult material and has special ability in making complicated math seem not so daunting. An excellent overview of the life of Godel.
              The Principles of Mathematics Revisited
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              The Principles of Mathematics Revisited
              Jaakko Hintikka
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              ASIN: 0521624983

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              This book, written by one of philosophy's preeminent logicians, argues that many of the basic assumptions common to logic, philosophy of mathematics and metaphysics are in need of change. Jaakko Hintikka proposes a new basic first-order logic and uses it to explore the foundations of mathematics. This new logic enables logicians to express on the first-order level such concepts as equicardinality, infinity, and truth in the same language. Hintikka's new logic is highly original and will prove appealing to logicians, philosophers of mathematics, and mathematicians concerned with the foundations of the discipline.

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              5 out of 5 stars The importance is evident even for an amateur.......2003-03-16

              I'm no matematician, no philosopher, just found the book in a bookstore and got curious about the presentation of a 'new logic' (the little I know was from philosophy class in high school). As an amateur you are faced with formulae and notation that you have to figure out on your own, which makes it harder to read it, but I did manage to figure it out with the help of the Equation Editor in the Office Suit. Just a single page explaining the notation would have been enough to make the book self-contained, even for an amateur. The language is simple enough even for a non-native English speaker (it is typically easier reading books written by non-native speakers, since their language is less complicated).
              Regarding the subject, it is very, very interesting, because of the profound implications this will have--I'm sure of that--on the development of sicence, once we get a new generation of scientists who are not entrenched. It was like reading something from the future. It's been years since I read it, but I still have it in fresh memory, and the information-independent logic is the only logic I would consider using, if it came to that. When working with incomplete information, I realize that it is essential to be aware of the lack of information. And what better way to introduce the tools for handling incomplete information, than on the basic, logical level?
              I submit, that in a few decades, the ideas of this book will pervade software in our computers.

              5 out of 5 stars A pleasure to read.......2002-11-06

              This book re-examines first-order logic as it has been applied to the foundations of mathematics. But it is much more than that. If you are interested in the human decisions behind why logics were built as they were, if you want to understand the impact of Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, if you are interested in understanding philosophy of inferential systems in general, then you will find this book quite profound and useful.

              Requirements for reading this book are roughly: a general knowledge of syllogistic and first-order predicate logic, an idea of what Godel's theorem is about and the concept of godel-numbering, some philosophy (e.g., ontology vs. epistemology), but mostly a keen interest at learning about logic and it's foibles and potentials.

              Chapter 1 begins with the Hilbert program, and the attempt at axiomatization in general. Chapter 5 clears up alot of confusion about the Godel Incompleteness theorem and what it really means. He delineates between descriptive, semantic, deductive and Hilbertian completeness notions, and describes their inter-relatedness and Godel's theorem's role. These chapters alone are useful for gaining deeper understanding of the problems that arise in syntactic axiomatic deductive systems.

              Chapter 7 is on the Liar Paradox, and he offers a unique solution to that based not upon Austinian notions, but rather based upon Hintikka's IF ("independence-friendly") first-order logic which avoids resorting to infinities or relying on any semantic re-interpretation (Hintikka uses a simple formal statement "~T[d]" where d is the godel-number of that statement, as the basis of the discussion).

              He then goes on to discuss the presumed role of axiomatic set theory and chips away at it's pretense as a secure foundational approach.

              But this merely scratches the surface. The book is primarily about the human decisions that were made, the reasoning behind them and why/where they failed. This is part of what makes it so readable and engaging. For Hintikka, logic and math seem to be very human activities, and there is no attempt to sanitize logic as being something pure or absolute.

              As an explication of human decision-making in logic, I think this book has important insights buried within and consequences for the inferential world of logic and mathematics, as well as reasoning in general. It will take several readings to grasp it's profound implications.

              'IF logic' itself (chapter 3) is a ridiculously simple and brilliant enhancement to first-order predicate logic, produced merely by lifting the mandatory left-to-right scoping restrictions Frege had placed on quantifiers in the syntax. And he extends (no pun intended) that notion by similarly lifting restrictions on mandatory scoping across operators as well. What arises looks very much like ordinary predicate logic, but the scoping independence opens up new vitality to the logic that makes it's applicability broader, as well as philosophically more interesting.

              IF logic, in particular, is more amenable to being about imperfect information, and information independence (hence "independence-friendly logic"). Hintikka's version of truth-definition is about a verification game (as in game theory), not a Tarskian retreat to a metalevel of formalism. Throughout, there are these kinds of comments and concepts on relating logic back to the world.

              IF logic is an intriguing example of how a subtle change in rules of syntax can have large consequences, and Hintikka is definitely pushing for it as -the- preferable first-order logic (actually, family of logics) over standard predicate logic. (And for game theoretical semantics and model theory as his preferred meta framework.) However, Hintikka's salesmanship aside, the insights in the book are not dependant on IF as being -the- alternative, but as a demonstration of those insights.

              As a non-mathematician/non-logician, I had braced myself for a slog through a dry, tough read (particularly since there are nearly two decades of rust accumulated on my predicate logic skills) despite the positive reviews I had read on Amazon, but was pleasantly surprised at the lively writing style and also the modicum of formulae, with no tedious proofs to sweat over. Even the final chapter on "Epistemology of Mathematical Objects" is quite readable. And with some chapter headings like "Who's Afraid of Alfred Tarski?" and "Axiomatic Set Theory: Fraenkelstein's Monster?" you know the author enjoys his subject matter. :)

              1 out of 5 stars BORING !.......2001-09-22

              I read this book for preparation to enter City College of San Francisco's Math 840-Elementary Algebra Class. It took me like 3 months to get through this and it didn't help me out at all. On top of that it was so boring I was afraid I might die of boredom at times. This book is of no help at all for understanding the principles of mathematics. If this guy was my teacher, I'd give him a lousy evaluation.

              5 out of 5 stars Throwing down the gauntlet!.......2001-08-25

              I am a working mathematician with a PhD in Differential Geometry who has recently become interested in the foundations of Mathematics. I came to this book circuitously via a pdf by Jaakko called "A revolution in Logic". Jaakko is on the offensive in this book, and he certainly can be polemic, to say the least. Having said that, the book is a tour de force: as a book on first order logic and IF, on the philosophy of mathematics, and the nature of mathematics and its objects and structures---it has gotten me thinking on many different levels. I would guess English is not his first language (due to easily corrected spelling, grammar, Etc), but despite this the writing style is quite smooth, with some interesting turns of phrases. I get the feeling this is one of the most brilliant books that I will ever have the pleasure of reading AGAIN and AGAIN! My 2cents David Thompson Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Olivet College, Michigan

              5 out of 5 stars Throwing down the gauntlet!.......2001-08-25

              I am a working mathematician with a PhD in Differential Geometry who has recently become interested in the foundations of Mathematics. I came to this book circuitously via a pdf by Jaakko called "A revolution in Logic". Jaakko is on the offensive in this book, and he certainly can be polemic, to say the least. Having said that, the book is a tour de force: as a book on first order logic and IF, on the philosophy of mathematics, and the nature of mathematics and its objects and structures---it has gotten me thinking on many different levels. I would guess English is not his first language (due to easily corrected spelling, grammar, Etc), but despite this the writing style is quite smooth, with some interesting turns of phrases. I get the feeling this is one of the most brilliant books that I will ever have the pleasure of reading AGAIN and AGAIN! My 2cents David Thompson Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Olivet College, Michigan
              What If--: Toward Excellence in Reasoning
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                Jaakko Hintikka , and James Bachman
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                On Wittgenstein (Wadsworth Philosophers Series)
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                This brief text assists students in understanding Wittgenstein's philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON WITTGENSTEIN is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in the series, this concise book offers sufficient insight into the thinking of a notable philosopher better enabling students to engage in the reading and to discuss the material in class and on paper.

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                2 out of 5 stars unusual angel, jargony and a bit mean.......2003-07-06

                I found this book to have used jargon and brevity at the points when it critiques LW and to be mean-spirited when it mentions the works of others. The author also takes an approach to LW's worh through a questionable diagnosis that he was dyslexic. While this an interesting angle, it's not enough to hang an introduction on.

                Finally, the book has numerous spelling and other editing errors.

                1 out of 5 stars An utterly useless and ill-informed book.......2001-02-23

                Hintikka has no sensibility whatsoever for understanding Wittgenstein's achievements in logic and the philosophy of psychology. He treats LW as a 'dyslexic' with personality issues due to his abandonment of great wealth. Rarely have I read a published work on LW which shows so little understanding of what he accomplished, especially in his post-TRACTATUS period of enormous intellectual fertility. LW's LATER work has been a source of inspiration in psychology, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to those who truly made the effort to understand what he was doing. Hintikka strikes me as utterly out of his depth here, perhaps because he is incapable of liberating himself from his irritating proclivity toward logicist regimentation. There is not a shred of insight in this meagre little book, but a whole load of self-flattery. Indeed, Hintikka regales the fine work of Peter Hacker as "less ambitious" - and that about a man who has spent his entire academic life producing several lengthy volumes of exegesis on the work of Wittgenstein, as well as several highly original Wittgensteinian analyses in book form. This was a paltry and often contemptuous little piece of work. Ignore it.
                On Hintikka (Wadsworth Philosophers Series)
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                  Time and Necessity: Studies in Aristotle's Theory of Modality
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                    Jaakko Hintikka
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                    Analyses of Aristotle (Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers)
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                    J. Hintikka
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                    Aristotle thought of his logic and methodology as applications of the Socratic questioning method. In particular, logic was originally a study of answers necessitated by earlier answers. For Aristotle, thought-experiments were real experiments in the sense that by realizing forms in one's mind, one can read off their properties and interrelations. Treating forms as independent entities, knowable one by one, committed Aristotle to his mode of syllogistic explanation. He did not think of existence, predication and identity as separate senses of estin. Aristotle thus serves as an example of a thinker who did not rely on the distinction between the allegedly different Fregean senses, thereby shedding new light on our own conceptual presuppositions. This collection comprises several striking interpretations that Jaakko Hintikka has put forward over the years, constituting a challenge not only to Aristotelian scholars and historians of ideas, but to everyone interested in logic, epistemology or metaphysics and in their history.

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                    5 out of 5 stars Hintikka on Aristolelian Induction.......2007-01-28

                    Chapter 7 of this book is a reprinting of the author's 1980 paper "Aristotelian Induction", which contains his now classic interpretation of Aristotle's conception of induction, one of the keys to a general understanding of Aristotle's theory of knowledge. In 1982 it was reviewed in MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS(82m:00016). The review follows.

                    Hintikka, Jaakko
                    Aristotelian induction.
                    Rev. Internat. Philos. 34 (1980), no. 3-4, 422--439.

                    The author considers the question of how Aristotle explains knowledge of axioms, i.e., basic premises of axiomatic science. "Induction" is the conventional translation of Aristotle's term "epagogé" indicating a process through which knowledge of the truth of axioms is drawn from experience. Thus, it has no special relation to mathematical induction, the number-theoretic principle. The fact that Aristotle traced all knowledge of axioms to experience is already clear and well known to scholars despite contrary information persistently appearing in popularizations.
                    It is true, however, as pointed out in this paper, that Aristotle gave apparently conflicting accounts of how induction functions and also that some of Aristotle's remarks about axioms may seem to conflict with his view that knowledge of them is based on experience. This paper proposes to solve these problems through a plausible premise, perhaps original with the author, to the effect that Aristotle's induction involves a combination of empirical examination of examples with conceptual analysis of exemplified notions.
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