The Methodological Unity of Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Bertrand Russell’s Regulae Philosophandi

      • Mario Bunge

      Pages 3-12

3. Formal Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Mathematics and Ontology

      • Charles Castonguay

      Pages 15-22

   3. Gaps between Logical Theory and Mathematical Practice

      • John Corcoran

      Pages 23-50

4. Physics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Relativity and Covariance

      • Roger B. Angel

      Pages 53-68

5. Biology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Preliminary Remarks on the Organ-Function Relation

      • Paul Pirlot, Rejane Bernier

      Pages 71-83

   3. The Logical Status of the Theory of Natural Selection and Other Evolutionary Controversies

      • Mary B. Williams

      Pages 84-102

6. Psychology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. On Confusing ‘Measure’ with ‘Measurement’ in the Methodology of Behavioral Science

      • Mario Bunge

      Pages 105-122

   3. Theoretical Concepts in Neobehavioristic Theories

      • Raimo Tuomela

      Pages 123-152

7. Political Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Voting Rules and Coordination Problems

      • Harry Beatty

      Pages 155-189

8. Historiography

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Historical Time and a New Conception of the Historical Sciences

      • Werner Leinfellner

      Pages 193-215

9. Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. Some Problems of Ought-Utilitarianism, Valuation, and Deontic Logic

      • Peter Kirschenmann

      Pages 219-241

The present volume collects some of the talks given at the Bertrand Russell Colloquium on Exact Philosophy, attached to the McGill University Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit. It also includes a paper, on Bertrand Russell's method of philosophizing, read at the memorial symposium held at Sir Gorge Williams University shortly after the philosopher's death. All the papers appear here for the first time. Unlike many a philosophy of science anthology, this one is not center­ ed on the philosophy of physics. In fact the papers deal with conceptual and, in particular, philosophical problems that pop up in almost every one of the provinces of the vast territory constituted by the foundations, meth­ odology and philosophy of science. A couple of border territories which are in the process of being infiltrated have been added for good measure. The inclusion of papers in the philosophy of formal science and in the philosophies of physics and of biology, in a volume belonging to a series devoted to the philosophy and methodology of the social and behavioral sciences, should raise no eyebrows. Because the sciences of man make use of logic and mathematics, they are interested in questions such as whether the formal sciences have anything to do with reality (rather than with our theories about reality) and whether or not logic has kept up with the practice of mathematicians. These two problems are tackled in Part II, on the philosophy of formal science.

• ETA
• belonging
• coordination
• death
• election
• freedom
• liberty
• logic
• mathematics
• methodology
• philosophy
• psychology
• science
• university
• voting

• Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  Mario Bunge

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