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Language, Quantum, Music

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Editors:
  1. Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara

    1. University of Florence, Italy

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  2. Roberto Giuntini

    1. University of Cagliari, Italy

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  3. Federico Laudisa

    1. University of Florence, Italy

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 281)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Epistemology and Philosophy of Language

    1. Realism, Idealism, and General Terms

      • Ermanno Bencivenga
      Pages 1-5

    2. From Formal Machine to Social Colony: Toward a Complex Dynamical Philosophy of Science

      • W. E. Herfel, C. A. Hooker
      Pages 7-18

    3. Observation and Reliable Detection

      • Paul Humphreys
      Pages 19-24

    4. Conceptual Idealism and Stove’s Gem

      • Alan Musgrave
      Pages 25-35

    5. Holism in Artificial Intelligence?

      • Carlo Penco
      Pages 37-48

  3. Philosophy of Probability

    1. Model Selection for Causal Theories

      • Benoit Desjardins
      Pages 49-59

    2. Nonstandard Analysis and a Classification of Probability Spaces

      • Sergio Fajardo
      Pages 61-71

    3. Some Remarks on Objective Chance (F. P. Ramsey, K. R. Popper and N. R. Campbell)

      • Maria Carla Galavotti, F. P. Ramsey, K. R. Popper, N. R. Campbell
      Pages 73-82

    4. Misapprehensions About Significance Tests and Bayesianism

      • Maria Grazia Sandrini
      Pages 83-93

  4. Philosophy and Foundations of Physics

    1. The Quantum Probabilistic Approach to the Foundations of Quantum Theory: Urns and Chamaleons

      • Luigi Accardi
      Pages 95-104

    2. The Creation-Discovery-View: Towards a Possible Explanation of Quantum Reality

      • Diederik Aerts, Bob Coecke
      Pages 105-116

    3. Virtual Reality: Consequences of No-Go Theorems for the Modal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

      • Guido Bacciagaluppi, Pieter E. Vermaas
      Pages 117-128

    4. Is Chaos Indeterministic?

      • Robert C. Bishop, Frederick M. Kronz
      Pages 129-141

    5. Wormholes and Timelike Curves: Is There Room for the Grandfather Paradox?

      • Giovanni Boniolo
      Pages 143-157

    6. John von Neumann Met Kurt Gödel: Undecidable Statements in Quantum Mechanics

      • Thomas Breuer
      Pages 159-170

    7. Set-Theoretical Models for Quantum Systems

      • Newton C. A. Da Costa, Décio Krause
      Pages 171-181

    8. Non-Ideal Measurements and Physical Possibility in Quantum Mechanics

      • Marco Del Seta, Mauricio Suárez
      Pages 183-195

    9. Time, Relativity, and the Spatiality of Mental Events

      • Mauro Dorato
      Pages 197-207

    10. Bell-Type Inequalities and Orthomodular Lattices

      • Anatolij Dvurečenskij
      Pages 209-218
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About this book

A vivid and comprehensive picture of the current state of research in all directions of logic and philosophy of science. The book presents a wide combination of papers containing relevant technical results in the foundations of science and papers devoted to conceptual analyses, deeply rooted in advanced present-day research.
Audience: The volume is attractive both for specialists in foundational questions and scholars interested in general epistemology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Florence, Italy

    Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Federico Laudisa

  • University of Cagliari, Italy

    Roberto Giuntini

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language, Quantum, Music

  • Editors: Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Roberto Giuntini, Federico Laudisa

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2043-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5727-8Published: 31 August 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5229-2Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2043-4Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 344

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Quantum Physics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Epistemology, Music

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