Idealization VII: Structuralism, Idealization and Approximation

Idealization VII: Structuralism, Idealization and Approximation PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004457410
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Life Contemplative, Life Practical

Life Contemplative, Life Practical PDF Author: Helena Eilstein
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042001831
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Quine

Quine PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004457755
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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From the contents: Naturalistic epistemology, murder and suicide? But what about the promises! (Ton Derksen). - Naturalism and rationality (Christopher Hookway). - Quine's hypothetical theory of language learning: a comparison of different conceptualschemes of their logic (Mia Gosselin). - Quine and innate similarity spaces (Jaap van Brakel). - Quine and Davidson on the structure of empirical knowledge (Dirk Koppelberg). - Empathy and charity (Eva Picardi). - Quine: indeterminacy, 'robust realism', and truth (Sandra Laugier). - Quine and Putnam on conceptual relativity and reference: theft or honest toil? (Roger Vergauwen).

On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004457771
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Contents: Leon KOJ: Methodology and values. - Leon KOJ: Science as system. - Adam GROBLER: Explanation and epistemic virtue. - Piotr GIZA: Intelligent computer systems and theory comparison. - Henryk OGRYZKO-WIEWIEROWSKI: Methods of social choice of scientific theories. - Kazimierz JODKOWSKI: Is the causal theory of reference a remedy for ontological incommensurability? - Wolfgang BALZER: On approximative reduction. - C. ULISES MOULINES: Is there genuinely scientific progress? - Adam JONKISZ: On relative progress in science."

Logic, Probability and Science

Logic, Probability and Science PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004457763
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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From the contents: Charles MORGAN: Canonical models and probabilistic semantics. - Francois LEPAGE: A many-valued probabilistic logic. - Piers RAWLING: The exchange paradox, finite additivity, and the principle of dominance. - Susan VINEBERG: The logical status of conditionalization and its role in confirmation. - Deborah MAYO: Science, error statistics, and arguing from error. - Mark N. LANCE: The best is the enemy of the good: Bayesian epistemology as a case study in unhelpful idealization. - Robert B. GARDNER & Michael C. WOOTEN: An application of Bayes' theorem to population genetics. - Peter D. JOHNSON, Jr.: Another look at group selection."

Knowledge, Science, and Values

Knowledge, Science, and Values PDF Author: Tadeusz Czezowski
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004457682
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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From the contents: Some ancient problems in modern form. - On the humanities. - On the method of analytic description. - On the problem of induction. - On discussion and discussing. - On happiness. - How to understand the meaning of life'. - How to construct the logic of goods? - The meaning and the value of life. - Conflicts in ethics. - What are values? - Three attitudes towards the world. - On two views of the world. - A few remarks on rationalism and empiricism. - Identity and the individual in its persistence. - Sensory cognition and reality. - Philosophy at the crossroads."

Knowledge and Faith

Knowledge and Faith PDF Author: Jan Salamucha
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042008946
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Main headings: Part I. Logic and theology. - Part II. History of logic. - Part III. Metaphysics and ethics. - Comments and discussions.

Polish Philosophers of Science and Nature in the 20th Century

Polish Philosophers of Science and Nature in the 20th Century PDF Author: Władysław Krajewski
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042014978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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The volume is a collection of essays about prominent Polish 20th century philosophers of science and scientists who were concerned with problems in the philosophy of science. The contribution made by Polish logicians, especially those from the Lvov-Warsaw School, like Lukasiewicz, Kotarbiński, Czeżowski or Ajdukiewicz, is already well known. One of the aims of the volume is to offer a broader perspective. The papers collected here are devoted to the work of such philosophers as Zawirski, Metallmann, Dąmbska, Mehlberg, Szaniawski and Giedymin as well as to the work of such scientists as Smoluchowski, Fleck, Infeld and Chyliński. The introduction to the volume, written by the editor and Jacek Jadacki, presents an overview of the history of the Polish philosophy of science from the foundation of the Cracow Academy (in 1364) to the present.

Knowledge and Inquiry

Knowledge and Inquiry PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900445750X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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ISBN 9042000694 (paperback) NLG 50.00 Main headings: I. Historical perspectives.- II. Formal tools: induction, observation and identifiability.- III. Questions in inquiry: the interrogative model.- IV. Growth of knowledge: explanation and discovery.- V. Jaakko Hintikka: replies.- VI. Abstracts. skills in writing.

Idealization XI: Historical Studies on Abstraction and Idealization

Idealization XI: Historical Studies on Abstraction and Idealization PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004333215
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Discussions about abstraction are so important and so profound that this topic can hardly be neglected. It has inevitably cropped up again in various periods of philosophical enquiry. Despite these ancient roots and after the great debate that characterised the empirical and rationalistic tradition, interest in the problem has unfortunately been absent in large measure from the mainstream of mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. It seems that there is a gap between the epistemological theorization, in which it is difficult to find new insights on the problem of abstraction, and the historical studies concerning the development of philosophical thought. Such studies, however, present a more fertile ground for such insights. Here the reader will find presented for the first time a collection of papers about the topic, considered from an historical point of view together with an awareness of the need for building a bridge between historical research and theoretical speculation. Accordingly the volume consists of both general overviews which sketch the signifcance and the fortunes of abstraction in science, philosophy and logic (the first part) and historical case studies which focus on abstraction in particular thinkers (the second part). This volume is of interest for both general philosophers and historians of philosophy.