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Structures and Norms in Science

Volume Two of the Tenth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Florence, August 1995

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Editors:
  1. Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara

    1. University of Florence, Italy

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  2. Kees Doets

    1. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  3. Daniele Mundici

    1. University of Milan, Italy

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  4. Johan Benthem

    1. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
      Stanford University, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 260)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Inaugural Address

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Trends in the Foundations of Physics

      • E. G. Beltrametti
      Pages 3-19

  3. Methodology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Empirical Character of Evidence

      • Peter Achinstein
      Pages 23-34

    3. Partiality, Pursuit and Practice

      • Steven French
      Pages 35-52

  4. Probability, Induction and Decision Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Prior Inferences for Posterior Judgements

      • Michael Goldstein
      Pages 55-71

    3. Game Theory, Rationality and Evolution

      • Brian Skyrms
      Pages 73-86

  5. History of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Anomalies and the Revision of Theory-Elements: Notes on the Advance of Mercury’s Perihelion

      • Ulrich Gähde
      Pages 89-104

    3. The Prehistory of Infinitary Logic: 1885–1955

      • Gregory H. Moore
      Pages 105-123

  6. Ethics of Science and Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Engineers, Ethics and Sustainable Development

      • Sharon Beder
      Pages 127-143

    3. Are There Ethical Reasons for Being, or Not Being, a Scientific Realist

      • L. Jonathan Cohen
      Pages 145-153

    4. Rights and Autonomy of Scientists

      • Dainian Fan
      Pages 155-166

    5. On Ethics and Changing Expertise in Technology Assessment

      • Imre Hronszky
      Pages 167-188

    6. Unpopular and Precautionary Science: Towards a New Ethics of Science

      • Matthias Kaiser
      Pages 189-206

    7. Testing Models of Natural Systems: Can It be Done?

      • Naomi Oreskes
      Pages 207-217

  7. Foundations of Physical Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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About this book

This book gives a state-of-the-art survey of current research in logic and philosophy of science, as viewed by invited speakers selected by the most prestigious international organization in the field. In particular, it gives a coherent picture of foundational research into the various sciences, both natural and social. In addition, it has special interest items such as symposia on interfaces between logic and methodology, semantics and semiotics, as well as updates on the current state of the field in Eastern Europe and the Far East.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Florence, Italy

    Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara

  • University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Kees Doets, Johan Benthem

  • University of Milan, Italy

    Daniele Mundici

  • Stanford University, USA

    Johan Benthem

About the editors

Professor Dr J.F.A.K. van Benthem has received the 1996 Spinoza Award, an annual award to honour outstanding scientific merit and to stimulate innovative future research.

from the jury report:
`Van Benthem has positioned logic as an interdisciplinary science par excellence ... It is through his work that logic has acquired a bridge-function between alpha and gamma sciences on the one side and beta sciences on the other ... Van Benthem is a stimulating and innovative researcher, which explains his great attraction to young researchers. Under his inspirational guidance 38 promovendi from the Netherlands and abroad have finished their theses. In view of Van Benthem's innovative powers and the high level of his research, a number of initiatives are to be expected from him that will further strengthen the Dutch position of logic, more especially so in connection with the formal study of natural language.'

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structures and Norms in Science

  • Book Subtitle: Volume Two of the Tenth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Florence, August 1995

  • Editors: Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Kees Doets, Daniele Mundici, Johan Benthem

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0538-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4384-4Published: 31 December 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4787-8Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0538-7Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 494

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, History, general

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