Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science / Edition 1

by Shahid Rahman, John Symons, Dov M. Gabbay, jean paul van bendegem

Overview

The aim of the series Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, of which this is the first volume, is to take up anew the challenge of considering the scientific enterprise in its entirety in light of recent developments in logic and philosophy. Developments in logic are especially relevant to the current situation in philosophy of science. At present, there is no single logic, single approach to semantics or well-defined conception of scientific method dominating the philosophy of science. At the same time, questions concerning linguistic, reductionist and foundationalist approaches to epistemology, the analytic and synthetic distinction as well as disputes concerning semantics and pragmatics have been illuminated by recent developments in logic. Given the power of such developments, discussions of the unity of science are even more intriguing and urgent than in the 20th century. The first title in this new series aims to explore, through extensive co-operation, new ways of achieving the integration of science in all its diversity. The present volume contains essays from some of the most important and influential philosophers in contemporary philosophy, discussing a range of topics such as philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of logic and game theoretical approaches. It will be of great interest to philosophers, computer scientists and all others interested in the scientific rationality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048124862
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	03/13/2009
Series:	Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science , #1
Edition description:	1st ed. 2004. 2nd printing 2009
Pages:	626
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Some Programmatic Comments.- Logic, Epistemology and the Unity of Science: An Encyclopedic Project in the Spirit of Neurath and Diderot.- An International Encyclopedia of the Unified Sciences.- Game Theory and Independence Friendly Logic as a Unifying Framework.- Towards a Unity of the Human Behavioral Sciences.- Some Coloured Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics in the 20th Century.- Logical vs. Nonlogical Concepts: An Untenable Dualism?.- Semantic Games In Logic and Epistemology.- If Logic, Game-Theoretical Semantics, and the Philosophy of Science.- Unity and Plurality in Science and in Logic.- Concepts Structured through Reduction: A Structuralist Resource Illuminates the Consolidation-Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) Link.- The Unity of Science and The Unity of Being: a Sketch of a Formal Approach.- Logical Pluralism and the Preservation of Warrant.- In Defence Of The Dog: Response To Restall.- Normic Laws, Non-Monotonic Reasoning, and the Unity of Science.- The Puzzling Role of Philosophy in Life Sciences.- The Creative Growth of Mathematics.- Quantum Logic and the Unity of Science.- The Logic of the Knowledge-Seeking Activities.- Belief Contraction, Anti-Formulae and Resource Overdraft:Part II Deletion In Resource Unbounded Logics.- Reasoning About Knowledge In Linear Logic: Modalities and Complexity.- A Solution to Fitch' Paradox of Knowability.- Theories of Knowledge and Ignorance.- Action-Theoreticaspects of Theory Choice.- Some Computationalconstraints In Epistemic Logic.- Contributions from Non-Classical Logics.- The Need for Adaptive Logics In Epistemology.- Logics For Qualitative Reasoning.- Logic of Dynamics and Dynamics of Logic: Some Paradigm Examples.- Complementarity and Paraconsistency.- Law, Logic, Rhetoric: A Procedural Model of Legal Argumentation.- Essentialist Metaphysics in a Scientific Framework.