Atkinson, David

Fading foundations : probability and the regress problem by David Atkinson( )

26 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 574 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book addresses the age-old problem of infinite regresses in epistemology. How can we ever come to know something if knowing requires having good reasons, and reasons can only be good if they are backed by good reasons in turn? The problem has puzzled philosophers ever since antiquity, giving rise to what is often called Agrippa's Trilemma. The current volume approaches the old problem in a provocative and thoroughly contemporary way. Taking seriously the idea that good reasons are typically probabilistic in character, it develops and defends a new solution that challenges venerable philosophical intuitions and explains why they were mistakenly held. Key to the new solution is the phenomenon of fading foundations, according to which distant reasons are less important than those that are nearby. The phenomenon takes the sting out of Agrippa's Trilemma; moreover, since the theory that describes it is general and abstract, it is readily applicable outside epistemology, notably to debates on infinite regresses in metaphysics. The book is a potential game-changer and a must for any advanced student or researcher in the field

Exercises in quantum field theory : a self-contained book of questions and answers by David Atkinson( Book )

10 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 37 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strong interaction physics : Heidelberg-Karlsruhe international summer institute in theoretical physics by Heidelberg-Karlsruhe International Summer Institute in Theoretical Physics( Book )

3 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Are Thought Experiments Poor Ones? by Adriana Johanna Maria Peijnenburg( )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Till at last there remain nothing" Hume's Treatise 1.4.1 in contemporary perspective by David Atkinson( )

1 edition published in 2018 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Correction to: "Till at last there remain nothing" Hume's Treatise 1.4.1 in contemporary perspective by David Atkinson( )

1 edition published in 2018 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A bill (as amended in Standing Committee C) to require companies to conduct an assessment of the capacity of their computer systems to deal with calendar dates after 31st December 1999 and to report both on those assessments and on the actions their directors propose to take in consequence by Great Britain( Book )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

A bill to require organisations responsible for the provision of essential public services and critical infrastructure to draw up contingency plans in the event of their computer systems failing to deal with calendar dates after 31st December 1999, to require such plans and the names of those responsible for them to be notified to an appropriate authority, to require the plans to be made available on demand, and for connected purposes by Great Britain( Book )

1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

A bill to require companies to conduct an assessment of the capability of their computer systems to deal with calendar dates after 31st December 1999 and to report both on those assessments and on the actions their directors propose to take in consequence by Great Britain( Book )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

A bill to require companies to conduct an audit of the capacity of their computer systems to deal with calendar dates after 31st December 1999 and to report both on those audits and on the actions their directors propose to take in consequence by Great Britain( Book )

1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide