Collected papers on epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
D. Reidel,
c1977.
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| Series: | Synthese library. Monographs on epistemology, logic, methodology, philosophy of science, sociology of science and of knowledge, and on the mathematical methods of social and behavioral sciences ;
v. 91 |
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Table of Contents:
- Vol. 1 : 1. THE PROBLEM OF UNIVERSALS THEN AND NOW: 1. The Problem.- 2. Platonism and Nominalism.- 3. Historical Background.- 4. Epistemological Discussion of Platonism and Nominalism.- 5. Constructive Conceptualism.- 6. The Three Ontological Positions.- 7. Summary
- 2. TOWARDS A RATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF KANT'S METAPHYSICS OF EXPERIENCE: I: Kant's Riddle of Experience.- 1. On Rational Reconstructions of Philosophical Theories.- 2. The Place of Kant's Theory of Experience within His Theoretical Philosophy.- 3. Synthetic a priori Propositions.- 4. The Existential Hypothesis in Kant's Fundamental Question.- 5. The Influence of Isaac Newton, Chr. Wolff and D. Hume upon Kant's Conception of Science.- 6. Kant's Antinomy of Experience.- 7. Kant's Project for a Solution: Synthetic a priori Statements as the Way out of the Dilemma.- 8. A Remark on the Relation between the `Regressive' and the `Progressive' Argument.- II: The Logical Structure of the Progressive Argument.- 1. The Aim of the Progressive Argument.- 2. Kant as a Rationalist Precursor of the Theory of Eliminative and Enumerative Induction.- 3. Kant's Theory of Structural Reduction or a priori Elimination (The Modal Argument).- 4. Empirical Confirmation and Consolidation.- 5. The Gap in Kant's Argument.- 6. Concluding Remarks
- 3. A MODEL THEORETIC EXPLICATION OF WITTGENSTEIN'S PICTURE THEORY: 1. Introduction.- 2. Intensional Relational Systems, Model Worlds, Categorical Identity.- 3. Isomorphism, Homomorphism, Picture, Truth and Falsity.- 4. Logical Spaces, Isomorphism between Logical Spaces, Logically Adequate and Inadequate Pictures.- 5. Application of the Picture Theory to Language
- 4. PHENOMENALISM AND ITS DIFFICULTIES: 1. Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenalism.- 2. A Characterization of Phenomenalism.- 3. Motives for Phenomenalism.- 4. Difficulties in Carrying out the Phenomenalistic Programme.- 5. Conclusion
- 5. ONTOLOGY AND ANALYTICITY: 1. The Ontological Problem.- 2. The Problem of Analytic Statements.- 3. Concluding Remarks.- Index of Names.
- Vol. 2 : 1. THE SO-CALLED CIRCLE OF UNDERSTANDING
- 2. 'THE PROBLEM OF CAUSALITY.
- 3. EXPLANATION, PREDICTION, SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMATIZATION AND NON-EXPLANATORY INFORMATION: 1. Introduction.- 2. On Possible Conventions Governing the Use of 'Explanation' and 'Prediction'.- 3. An Additional Argument of Plausibility in favour of the Counterthesis.- 4. A Systematic Approach.- 5. Non-Explanatory Information
- 4. THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION: HUME'S CHALLENGE AND THE CONTEMPORARY ANSWERS: 1. Introduction.- 2. The Humean Challenge.- 3. Deductivism: K. Popper.- 4. Inductivism 1.- 5. Inductivism 2.- 6. Concluding Remarks
- 5. CARNAP'S NORMATIVE THEORY OF INDUCTIVE PROBABILITY
- 6. LOGICAL UNDERSTANDING AND THE DYNAMICS OF THEORIES
- 7. STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS OF THEORIES: SOME REFLECTIONS ON J.D. SNEED AND T.S. KUHN
- 8. LANGUAGE AND LOGIC
- 1. Preface.- 2. The Functions of `Is'.- 3. `All', `Something', and `Nothing'.- 4. `I', `You', `He', `She', `It'.- 5. `Not', `And', `Or', `If ...Then'.- 6. Logical Truth.- 7. `The'.- 8. `It is Possible That ... ', `It is Necessary That ...'
- 9. REMARKS ON THE COMPLETENESS OF LOGICAL SYSTEMS RELATIVE TO THE VALIDITY-CONCEPTS OF P. LORENZEN AND K. LORENZ
- Index of Names.