Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Logic

   1. On Axiomatizing Free Logic — and Inclusive Logic in the Bargain

      • Hugues Leblanc

      Pages 1-22

   2. Partial Propositional Logic

      • François Lepage

      Pages 23-39

   3. Generalized Quantifiers and Inferences

      • Serge Lapierre

      Pages 41-55

   4. A Category-Theoretic Approach to Aristotle’s Term Logic, with Special Reference to Syllogisms

      • Marie La Palme Reyes, John Macnamara, Gonzalo E. Reyes

      Pages 57-68

   5. On the Nominalistic Interpretation of Natural Languages

      • J. Lambek

      Pages 69-78

   6. If Not-True and Not Being True are not Identical, Which One is False?

      • Jean-Pierre Marquis

      Pages 79-94

   7. A New Formulation of the Logic of Propositions

      • Daniel Vanderveken

      Pages 95-105

   8. Internal Logic. A Radically Constructive Logic for Mathematics and Physics

      • Yvon Gauthier

      Pages 107-122

   9. A Reconstruction of Russell’s Substitution Theory

      • Judy Pelham

      Pages 123-133

3. Philosophy of Mathematics

   1. Hilbert and Logic

      • Michael Hallett

      Pages 135-187

   2. Kronecker’s ‘Safe Haven of Real Mathematics’

      • Mathieu Marion

      Pages 189-215

4. Philosophy of Physics

   1. Hidden Variables, Separability, and Realism

      • Mario Bunge

      Pages 217-227

   2. A Branched Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics which Differs from Everett’s

      • Storrs McCall

      Pages 229-241

   3. …And Chaos Shall Set you Free…

      • Michel J. Blais

      Pages 243-258

5. History and Philosophy of Science

   1. Other Things Equal, the Chances Improve

      • Paul M. Pietroski

      Pages 259-273

   2. The Model-Theoretic Argument Unlocked

      • David Davies

      Pages 275-286

   3. Helmholtz and Modern Empiricism

      • Jean Leroux

      Pages 287-296

   4. Technology and the Rise of the Mechanical Philosophy

      • William R. Shea

      Pages 297-307

6. Back Matter

   Pages 309-331

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By North-American standards, philosophy is not new in Quebec: the first men­ tion of philosophy lectures given by a Jesuit in the College de Quebec (founded 1635) dates from 1665, and the oldest logic manuscript dates from 1679. In English-speaking universities such as McGill (founded 1829), philosophy began to be taught later, during the second half of the 19th century. The major influence on English-speaking philosophers was, at least initially, that of Scottish Empiricism. On the other hand, the strong influence of the Catholic Church on French-Canadian society meant that the staff of the facultes of the French-speaking universities consisted, until recently, almost entirely of Thomist philosophers. There was accordingly little or no work in modem Formal Logic and Philosophy of Science and precious few contacts between the philosophical communities. In the late forties, Hugues Leblanc was a young student wanting to learn Formal Logic. He could not find anyone in Quebec to teach him and he went to study at Harvard University under the supervision of W. V. Quine. His best friend Maurice L' Abbe had left, a year earlier, for Princeton to study with Alonzo Church. After receiving his Ph. D from Harvard in 1948, Leblanc started his profes­ sional career at Bryn Mawr College, where he stayed until 1967. He then went to Temple University, where he taught until his retirement in 1992, serving as Chair of the Department of Philosophy from 1973 until 1979.

• John Locke
• logic
• philosophy of science
• proposition
• quantum mechanics
• science

• University of Ottawa, Canada

  Mathieu Marion

• Boston University, USA

  Robert S. Cohen

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