Philosophical Dimensions of Logic and Science

1. Front Matter

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2. Logic and Metamathematics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Classification of Logics over FLew and Almost Maximal Logics

      • Hiroakira Ono, Masaki Ueda

      Pages 3-13

   3. On Representing Semantics in Finite Models

      • Marcin Mostowski

      Pages 15-28

   4. Spectra of Formulae with Henkin Quantifiers

      • Joanna Golińska, Konrad Zdanowski

      Pages 29-45

   5. On Σ _N -Definability in Arithmetic

      • J. Borrego-Diaz, A. Fernández-Margarit, M. J. Pérez-Jimenez

      Pages 47-56

   6. Arithmetic Complexity of the Predicate Logics of Complete Arithmetic Theories

      • Valeri Plisko

      Pages 57-66

   7. A Straightforward Proof of Köbler-Messner’s Result

      • Zenon Sadowski

      Pages 67-75

   8. On the Persistent Difficulty of Disjunction

      • Wim Veldman

      Pages 77-90

3. Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Science, Lifeworld, and Realism

      • Sami Pihlström

      Pages 93-108

   3. Explaining Laws by Reduction

      • Erik Weber

      Pages 109-116

   4. Akaike’s Theorem and Bayesian Methodology

      • I. A. Kieseppä

      Pages 117-137

   5. Does a Living System Have a State?

      • Giora Hon

      Pages 139-150

   6. Do Genes Code for Traits?

      • Michael Wheeler

      Pages 151-164

   7. Chemistry and the Completeness of Physics

      • Robin Findlay Hendry

      Pages 165-178

   8. The Thermodynamic Arrow of Time in Quantum Cosmology

      • Katinka Ridderbos

      Pages 179-194

   9. Modal Interpretations

      • Pieter E. Vermaas

      Pages 195-211

   10. Cartwright’s Models are Not Adequate for EPR

       • Jacek Cachro, Tomasz Placek

       Pages 213-231

4. Language

   1. Front Matter

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Philosophical Dimensions of Logic and Science is a collection of outstanding contributed papers presented at the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science held in Kraków in 1999. The Congress was a follow-up to the series of meetings, initiated once by Alfred Tarski, which aimed to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scientists, philosophers and logicians. The articles selected for publication in the book comply with that idea and innovatively address current issues in logic, metamathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and cognitive science, as well as philosophical problems of biology, chemistry and physics.
The volume will be of interest to philosophers, logicians and scientists interested in foundational problems of their disciplines.

• Philosophy of Science
• classification
• complexity
• language
• logic
• philosophy of language
• predicate logic
• proposition
• reduction
• science
• semantics

• The Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

  Artur Rojszczak, Jacek Cachro

• The University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszów, Poland

  Gabriel Kurczewski

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