Thinking Things Through is unlike any other textbook I'm acquainted with. In clear, vigorous, accessible prose, the authors serves up a stimulating mixture of philosophical problems, their histories and logical methods for dealing with them, together with applications of those methods to contemporary problems. There are frequent biographical sketches of key figures in these developments, together with arresting anecdotes about the lives of the philosphers, logicians, and scientists involved.
John F. Post, Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Thinking Things Through is a unique kind of introductory textbook in philosophy, original in its conception of philosophy as a relatively formal subject encompassing mainly logic, probability theory, the theory of computation, and artificial intelligence. This is a work that I hope will do great good for the subject.
Gilbert Harman, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
Clark Glymour has written an introductory text that takes a student from Aristotle to the brink of the 21st century. It emphasizes the real successes of philosophical theory, rather then the fads and fashions. This book will be exciting for students and good for the profession.
Brian Skyrms, Prof. Philosophy, Director: Focused Research Program in Scientific Explanation
I have never encountered an introductory text like this one. As far as textbooks go, it is unique. It attempts to present a side of philosophy that has been hidden from the view of all but its practitioners...Glymour's book should make a good many people proud to be philosophers in the twentieth century.
Douglas Stalker, University of Delaware