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Theory of Science

A Selection, with an Introduction

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  • © 1973

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Authors:
  1. Bernard Bolzano
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Editors:
  1. Jan Berg
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Part of the book series: Synthese Historical Library (SYHL, volume 5)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-XIII
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  2. Editor’s Introduction

    1. Editor’s Introduction

      • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
      Pages 1-30

  3. A Selection from the Wissenchaftslehre Volume One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-33
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    2. Introduction

      • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
      Pages 35-44

    3. Theory of Fundamental Truths

      1. On the Existence of Truths in Themselves
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 47-63
      2. On the Possibility of knowing the Truth
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 64-71

    4. Theory of Elements

      1. On Ideas in Themselves
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 77-163

  4. A Selection from the Wissenchaftslehre Volume Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. On Propositions in Themselves

      • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
      Pages 167-265

    3. On True Propositions

      • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
      Pages 266-292

    4. On Inferences

      • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
      Pages 293-300

  5. A Selection from the Wissenchaftslehre Volume Three

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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    2. Theory of Knowledge

      1. On Ideas
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 305-310
      2. On Judgments
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 311-338
      3. The Relationship of our Judgments to the Truth
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 339-351

  6. A Selection from the Wissenchaftslehre Volume Four

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 353-353
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    2. Theory of Science Proper

      1. General Theory
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 357-361
      2. On the Propositions which should Occur in a Scholarly Treatise
        • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
        Pages 362-367

  7. Excerpts from Bolzano’s Correspondence

    1. Excerpts from Bolzano’s Correspondence

      • Bernard Bolzano, Jan Berg, Burnham Terrell
      Pages 369-383

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 385-402
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About this book

The present selection from the Wissenschaftslehre (Sulzbach 1837) of Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) aims at giving a compact view of his main ideas in logic, semantics, epistemology and the methodology of science. These ideas are analyzed from a modern point of view in the Introduction. Furthermore, excerpts from Bolzano's correspondence are included which yield important remarks on his own work. The translation of the sections from the Wissenschaftslehre are based on a German text, which I have located in the Manuscript Department of the University Library in Prague (signature: 75 B 459). It was one of Bolzano's own copies of his printed work and contains a vast number of corrections made by Bolzano himself, thus representing the final stage of his thought, which has gone unnoticed in previous editions. The German originals of Bolzano's letters to M. J. Fesl, J. P. Romang, R. Zimmermann and F. Pi'ihonsky are in the Literary Archive of the Pamatnfk narodnfho pfsemnictvf in Prague. The original of the letter to F. Exner belongs to the Manuscript Department of the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. The original of the letter to J. E. Seidel is preserved in the Museum of the City of Ceske Budejovice.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theory of Science

  • Book Subtitle: A Selection, with an Introduction

  • Authors: Bernard Bolzano

  • Editors: Jan Berg

  • Series Title: Synthese Historical Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2513-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1973

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0248-7Published: 31 December 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-2515-7Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2513-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0082-111X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 398

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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