Advances in scientific philosophy : essays in honour of Paul Weingartner on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his birthday /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1991. |
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| Description: | xi, 644 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities v. 24 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1327582 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Advances in Philosophical Logic. I.1. Relevance Logic as Paradox Solvent. Confirmation without Paradoxes / Richard Sylvan and Robert Nola. Relevance, Relatedness and Restricted Set Theory / Barry Smith. Relevant Deductive Inference: Criteria and Logics / Gerhard Schurz. I.2. Epistemic Logic without Logical Omniscience. Epistemic Logic Without Logical Omniscience / Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara. On Professor Weingartner's Contribution to Epistemic Logic / Paul Gochet and Eric Gillet. An Application of Weingartner's Logical Proposal for Rational Belief, Knowledge and Assumption / Heda Festini. I.3. Developments in Deontic, Temporal and Intuitionistic Logic. Deontic Tense Logic: Restricted Equivalence of Certain Forms of Conditional Obligation and a Solution to Chisholm's Paradox / Lennart Aqvist. Relational Formalization of Temporal Logics / Ewa Orlowska. What Is (or At Least Appears to Be) Wrong with Intuitionistic Logic? / Wolfgang Lenzen
- II. Current Challenges in Philosophy of Science. II.1. Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Theory in the Light of Modern Experiments / Charles P. Enz. An Inconsistency between Quantum Mechanics and Its Interpretation: The "Disaster" of Objectification / Peter Mittelstaedt. Substances, Physical Systems, and Quantum Mechanics / Erhard Scheibe. II.2. Reduction and Unification. Reductionism and the New Theories of Self-Organization / Manfred Stockler. Unification as an Epistemological Problem / Bernulf Kanitscheider. Atomism and Holism in the Vienna Circle / Rudolf Haller. II.3. Truth and the Structuralist View of Scientific Theories. Is the Notion of Truth Applicable to Scientific Theories? / Marian Przelecki. Structuralist Explications of Dialectics / Theo A. F. Kuipers. Pragmatics in the Structuralist View of Science / C. Ulises Moulines. II.4. Popperian Views of Probability and Induction. A World of Propensities. Two New Views of Causality / Karl R. Popper. Inductive Support / Georg J. W. Dorn
- III. Recent Debates in Semantics and Ontology. III.1. Meaning and Reference. Kripke's Doubts about Meaning / Franz von Kutschera. A Linguistic Approach to Frege's Puzzles / Irena Bellert. Inadequacies of Intension and Extension / Peter M. Simons. Inadequacies of Peter and Paul / Edgar Morscher. III.2. Propositions and Facts. Some Remarks on the "Slingshot" Argument / Johannes Brandl. Real Facts / Alexander Hieke
- IV. Epistemological and Ethical Problems with Society. IV.1. Normative and Social Components of Belief. The Case against Value-Free Belief / Elena Klevakina. Mutual Beliefs and Social Characteristics / Raimo Tuomela. IV.2. Individuals and Collectives. A Pie-Model of Moral Responsibility? Remarks concerning Ethical Dilutionism / Hans Lenk and Matthias Maring. Are Collectives Morally Responsible? / Otto Neumaier. The Electronic Self / Ermanno Bencivenga
- V. Analytical Philosophy of Religion. Faith and Science. A Logical Commentary on the First Question of the Summa / J. M. Bochenski. The Beginnings of Formalization in Theology / Edward Nieznanski. Some Comments on Paul Weingartner's Concept of a Scientific Theology / Heinrich Ganthaler
- VI. Methods of Philosophy. Suitable Descriptions for Suitable Categories / Georg Kreisel. Why We Cherish Exactness / Mario Bunge. Exactness and Philosophy / Leon Koj
- VII. Life and Work of Paul Weingartner. Paul Weingartner: Philosophy at Work. A Biographical Sketch / Gerhard Zecha. Bibliography of Paul Weingartner's Publications 1961-1991 / Eva Stieringer.