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Language, Logic and Method

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  • © 1983

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  1. Robert S. Cohen

    1. Boston University, USA

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  2. Marx W. Wartofsky

    1. Boston University, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 31)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Scales of Measurement

    • Karel Berka
    Pages 1-73

  3. Some Logical Problems Suggested by Empirical Theories

    • Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
    Pages 75-90

  4. Comments on ‘Some Logical Problems Suggested by Empirical Theories’ by Professor Dalla Chiara

    • John Stachel
    Pages 91-102

  5. A Methodology without Methodological Rules

    • J. N. Hattiangadi
    Pages 103-151

  6. Truth, Fallibility and the Growth Of Knowledge

    • Isaac Levi
    Pages 153-174

  7. Fallible is as Fallible Does

    • Israel Scheffler
    Pages 175-178

  8. Knowledge in Pursuit of Knowledge — A Few Worries

    • Avishai Margalit
    Pages 179-183

  9. Response To Scheffler

    • Isaac Levi
    Pages 185-188

  10. Response To Margalit

    • Isaac Levi
    Pages 189-195

  11. Rejoinder to Levi’s Reply

    • Avishai Margalit, Israel Scheffler
    Pages 197-198

  12. A Category-Theoretic Approach to Systems in a Fuzzy World

    • Michael A. Arbib, Ernest G. Manes
    Pages 199-224

  13. Natural Languages and Formal Languages: A Tenable Dualism

    • Julius M. Moravcsik
    Pages 225-239

  14. The Problem of Vague Predicates

    • Rohit Parikh
    Pages 241-261

  15. Peirce and Pearson: Pragmatism vs. Instrumentalism

    • Peter Skagestad
    Pages 263-282

  16. Theory of Propensity

    • Satosi Watanabe
    Pages 283-308

  17. Gödel’s Theorems and Church’s Thesis:

    • Judson C. Webb
    Pages 309-353

  18. The Non-Traditional Theory of Quantifiers

    • A. A. Zinov’ev
    Pages 355-408

  19. Dialogue: How Do We Know What Others Mean and Why?

    • Francesca Rivetti Barbò
    Pages 409-444

  20. Towards a Richer Theory of Dialogue: Comments on Professor Rivetti Barbò’s Paper

    • Richard M. Burian
    Pages 445-457
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Fundamental problems of the uses of formal techniques and of natural and instrumental practices have been raised again and again these past two decades, in many quarters and from varying viewpoints. We have brought a number of quite basic studies of these issues together in this volume, not linked con­ ceptually nor by any rigorously defined problematic, but rather simply some of the most interesting and even provocative of recent research accomplish­ ments. Most of these papers are derived from the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science during 1973-80, the two exceptions being those of Karel Berka (on scales of measurement) and A. A. Zinov'ev (on a non-tradi­ tional theory of quantifiers). Just how intriguing these results (or conjectures?) seem to us may be seen from some brief quotations: (1) Judson Webb: " . . . . the abstract machine concept has many of the appropriate kinds of properties for modelling living, reproducing, rule­ following, self-reflecting, accident-prone, and lucky creatures . . . the a priori logical results relevant to the abstract machine concept, above all Godel's, could not conceivably have turned out any better for the mechanist. " (2) M. L. Dalla Chiara: " . . . modal interpretation (of quantum logic) shows clearly that it possesses a logical meaning which is quite independent of quantum mechanics. " (3) Isaac Levi: (as against Peirce and Popper) " . . . infallibilism is con­ sistent with corrigibilism, and a view which respects avoidance of error is an important desideratum for science.

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  • Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen, Marx W. Wartofsky

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