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Collected Papers on Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and History of Philosophy

Volume II

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. Wolfgang Stegmüller

    1. University of Munich, Germany

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 91)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. The So-Called Circle of Understanding

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 1-25

  3. ‘The Problem of Causality’

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 26-43

  4. Explanation, Prediction, Scientific Systematization and Non-Explanatory Information

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 44-67

  5. The Problem of Induction: Hume’s Challenge and the Contemporary Answers

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 68-136

  6. Carnap’s Normative Theory of Inductive Probability

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 137-149

  7. Logical Understanding and the Dynamics of Theories

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 150-176

  8. Structures and Dynamics of Theories

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 177-202

  9. Language and Logic

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 203-240

  10. Remarks on the Completeness of Logical Systems Relative to the Validity-Concepts of P. Lorenzen and K. Lorenz

    • Wolfgang Stegmüller
    Pages 241-277

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 278-294
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About this book

These two volumes contain all of my articles published between 1956 and 1975 which might be of interest to readers in the English-speaking world. The first three essays in Vol. 1 deal with historical themes. In each case I have attempted a rational reconstruction which, as far as possible, meets con­ temporary standards of exactness. In The Problem of Universals Then and Now some ideas of W.V. Quine and N. Goodman are used to create a modem sketch of the history of the debate on universals beginning with Plato and ending with Hao Wang's System :E. The second article concerns Kant's Philosophy of Science. By analyzing his position vis-a-vis I. Newton, Christian Wolff, and D. Hume, it is shown that for Kant the very notion of empirical knowledge was beset with a funda­ mental logical difficulty. In his metaphysics of experience Kant offered a solution differing from all prior as well as subsequent attempts aimed at the problem of establishing a scientific theory. The last of the three historical papers utilizes some concepts of modem logic to give a precise account of Wittgenstein's so-called Picture Theory of Meaning. E. Stenius' interpretation of this theory is taken as an intuitive starting point while an intensional variant of Tarski's concept of a relational system furnishes a technical instrument. The concepts of model world and of logical space, together with those of homomorphism and isomorphism be­ tween model worlds and between logical spaces, form the conceptual basis of the reconstruction.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Munich, Germany

    Wolfgang Stegmüller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Collected Papers on Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and History of Philosophy

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II

  • Authors: Wolfgang Stegmüller

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1132-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0643-0Published: 31 August 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1134-1Published: 08 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1132-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 294

  • Topics: Logic, Epistemology

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