All ebooks in the collection "Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science" - Springer

Procedural Semantics for Hyperintensional Logic

Marie Duží , Bjorn Jespersen , Pavel Materna

This book is about Transparent Intensional Logic, the brainchild of Pavel Tichý. Three books and around 100 papers on Transparent Intensional Logic have till now seen the light of day since the mid-1960s. So why a book of more than 500 pages now? For two reasons....

The Unity of Science in the Arabic Tradition

Shahid Rahman , Tony Street , Hassan Tahiri

the demise ofthe logical positivism programme. The answers given to these qu- tions have deepenedthe already existing gap between philosophy andthe history and practice of science. Whilethe positivists argued for a spontaneous, steady and continuous growth of scientific...

Induction, Algorithmic Learning Theory, and Philosophy

Michèle Friend , Norma B. Goethe , Valentina S. Harizanov

The idea of the present volume emerged in 2002 from a series of talks by Frank Stephan in 2002, and John Case in 2003, on developments of algorithmic learning theory. These talks took place in the Mathematics Department at the George Washington University. Following the...

Formalizing Medieval Logical Theories

Catarina Dutilh Novaes

Perhaps one of the most striking characteristics of later medieval philosophy and science is the remarkable unity with which the different fields of investigation were articulated to each other, in particular with respect to the methodology used. While it is fair to say...

Nature's Principles

Jan Faye , Paul Needham , Uwe Scheffler , Max Urchs

One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants. It begins with an...

Logic, Thought and Action

Daniel Vanderveken