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W. Poundstone - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
W. Poundstone (1955), American author and science journalist. His major works include Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb (1992), The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge (1985), and Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Search for Truth (1988). His fields of specialization are mathematics, physics, psychology, economics, and science journalism.
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Omniscience: the ability to know all statements. - Logical problem even the understanding of a logically true statement could could cause the requirement, that all logical consequences are known. E.g. Knowing the calculation rules would logically require that all the results are known._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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Chisholm, Roderick | Omniscience | Chisholm | |
Field, Hartry | Omniscience | Field | |
Fraassen, Bas van | Omniscience | Fraassen | |
Hintikka, Jaakko | Omniscience | Hintikka | |
Lewis, David K. | Omniscience | Lewis | |
Nozick, Robert | Omniscience | Nozick | |
Pinker, Steven | Omniscience | Pinker | |
Poundstone, W. | Omniscience | Poundstone | |
Stalnaker, Robert | Omniscience | Stalnaker | |
Strobach, Niko | Omniscience | Strobach | |
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