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Italian Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Maria Luisa Chiara

    1. University of Florence, Italy

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 47)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Foundations of Logic and of Mathematics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Positively Omitting Types

      • Ettore Casari
      Pages 3-11

    3. Proof Theory and Theory of Meaning

      • Carlo Cellucci
      Pages 13-29

    4. Free Semantics

      • E. Bencivenga
      Pages 31-48

    5. A Temporalization of Modal Semantics

      • Sergio Bernini
      Pages 49-58

    6. Semantics for a Class of Intuitionistic Modal Calculi

      • Gisèle Fischer Servi
      Pages 59-72

    7. ‘Since’, ‘Even If’, ‘As If’

      • Claudio Pizzi
      Pages 73-87

    8. What is Contemporary Logic Talking About?

      • Corrado Mangione
      Pages 89-111

    9. Intuition and Rigor: Some Problems of a ‘Logic Of Discovery’ in Mathematics

      • Giulio Giorello
      Pages 113-135

    10. Intuitive Proofs and First-Order Derivations: Some Notes on the Metamathematics of First-Order Number Theory

      • Piero Tosi
      Pages 137-152

    11. Constructive Sequent Reduction in Gentzen’s First Consistency Proof for Arithmetic

      • Maurizio Negri
      Pages 153-168

    12. Inductive Logic and Inductive Statistics

      • Domenico Constantini
      Pages 169-183

  3. Foundations of Empirical Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Is there a Logic of Empirical Sciences?

      • Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
      Pages 187-196

    3. On Physical Possibility

      • Aldo Bressan
      Pages 197-214

    4. Problems of the Proposition-State Structure of Quantum Mechanics

      • E. G. Beltrametti, G. Cassinelli
      Pages 215-235

    5. Quantum Logic and the Two-Slit Experiment

      • Salvatore Guccione
      Pages 237-247

    6. Causality and Tachyons in Relativity

      • P. Caldirola, E. Recami
      Pages 249-298

    7. Time and Causality

      • Evandro Agazzi
      Pages 299-321
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About this book

The impressive record of Italian philosophical research since the end of Fascism thirty-two years ago is shown in many fields: esthetics, social and" personal ethics, history and sociology of philosophy, and magnificently, perhaps above all, in logic, foundations of mathematics and the philosophY, methodology, and intellectual history ofthe empirical sciences. To our pleasure, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara of the University of Florence gladly agreed to assemble a 'sampler' of recent Italian logical and analytical work on the philosophical foundations of mathematics and physics, along with a number of historical studies of epistemological and mathematical concepts. The twenty-five essays that form this volume will, we expect, encourage English-reading philosophers and scientists to seek further works by these authors and by their teachers, colleagues, and students; and, we hope, to look for those other Italian currents of thought in the philosophy of science for which points of departure are not wholly analytic, and which also deserve study and recognition in the world­ wide philosophical community. Of course, Italy has long been related to that world community in scien­ titlc matters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Florence, Italy

    Maria Luisa Chiara

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Italian Studies in the Philosophy of Science

  • Editors: Maria Luisa Chiara

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8937-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0735-2Published: 31 December 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1073-4Published: 31 December 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8937-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 529

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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