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Logic, Language, and Probability

A Selection of Papers Contributed to Sections IV, VI, and XI of the Fourth International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Bucharest, September 1971

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Editors:
  1. Radu J. Bogdan

    1. Central Institute for In-Service Teachers Training, Bucharest, Romania

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  2. Ilkka Niiniluoto

    1. National Research Council for the Humanities, Helsinki, Finland

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 51)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Radu J. Bogdan

  • National Research Council for the Humanities, Helsinki, Finland

    Ilkka Niiniluoto

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Logic, Language, and Probability

  • Book Subtitle: A Selection of Papers Contributed to Sections IV, VI, and XI of the Fourth International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Bucharest, September 1971

  • Editors: Radu J. Bogdan, Ilkka Niiniluoto

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2568-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1973

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0312-5Due: 30 June 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-2570-6Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2568-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 344

  • Topics: Mathematical Logic and Foundations, Philosophy of Science

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