Logic, Language, and Probability

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Logic (Section IV)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. An Intensional Interpretation of Truth-Values

      • Alan Ross Anderson

      Pages 3-28

   3. Intensional Descriptions and Relative Completeness in the General Interpreted Modal Calculus MCv

      • Aldo Bressan

      Pages 29-40

   4. Singular Terms and Statements of Identity

      • Dragan Stoianovici

      Pages 41-48

   5. Adequate Models for the Non-Fregean Sentential Calculus (Sci)

      • Roman Suszko

      Pages 49-54

   6. Doubts about Some Standard Arguments for Church’s Thesis

      • William J. Thomas

      Pages 55-62

3. Probability (Section VI)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. On the Causal Structure of Random Processes

      • Mariana Beliş

      Pages 65-77

   3. The Paradox of Anomaly

      • L. Jonathan Cohen

      Pages 78-82

   4. Some Problems in the Constructive Probability Theory

      • N. K. Kossovsky

      Pages 83-99

   5. Evidence and Conceptual Change

      • Keith Lehrer

      Pages 100-107

   6. Empirically Trivial Theories and Inductive Systematization

      • Ilkka Niiniluoto

      Pages 108-114

   7. Are some Propensities Probabilities?

      • Tom Settle

      Pages 115-120

   8. Questions and Their Pragmatic Value

      • Klemens Szaniawski

      Pages 121-123

   9. Prediction, Complexity, and Randomness

      • Giuseppe Trautteur

      Pages 124-128

   10. Rules for Reasonable Belief Change

       • John M. Vickers

       Pages 129-142

4. Language (Section XI)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Models for Text Grammars

      • Teun A. van Dijk

      Pages 145-180

   3. Tolerance Spaces and Linguistics

      • Walther L. Fischer

      Pages 181-188

The Fourth International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philos­ ophy of Science was held in Bucharest, Romania, on August 29-September 4, 1971. The Congress was organized, under the auspices of the Inter­ national Union for History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, by the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, the Academy of Social and Political Sciences of the Socialist Republic of Romania, and the Ministry of Education of Romania. With more than eight hundred participating scholars from thirty-four countries, the Congress was one of the major scientific events of the year 1971. The dedicated efforts of the organizers, the rich and carefully planned program, and the warm and friendly atmosphere contributed to making the Congress a successful and fruitful forum of exchange of scientific ideas. The work of the Congress consisted of invited one hour and half-hour addresses, symposia, and contributed papers. The proceedings were organized into twelve sections of Mathematical Logic, Foundations of Mathematical Theories, Automata and Programming Languages, Philos­ ophy of Logic and Mathematics, General Problems of Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Probability and Induction, Methodology and Philosophy of Physical Sciences, Methodology and Philosophy of Biological Sciences, Methodology and Philosophy of Psychological Sciences, Methodology and Philosophy of Historical and Social Sciences, Methodology and Philosophy of Linguistics, and History of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.

• philosophy of science
• probability
• semantics

• Central Institute for In-Service Teachers Training, Bucharest, Romania

  Radu J. Bogdan

• National Research Council for the Humanities, Helsinki, Finland

  Ilkka Niiniluoto

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