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Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1961/1962

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1963

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Editors:
  1. Marx W. Wartofsky

    1. Department of Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 1)

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. A Model of Mind-Body Relation in Terms of Modular Logic

    • Satosi Watanabe
    Pages 1-41

  3. Comments

    • Ray Solomonoff
    Pages 42-45

  4. Comments

    • Marcus Goodall
    Pages 46-47

  5. The Relationship of Language to the Formation of Concepts

    • Eric H. Lenneberg
    Pages 48-54

  6. The Logical Structure of Physics

    • Laszlo Tisza
    Pages 55-71

  7. Discussion

    • Philipp G. Frank, Laszlo Tisza, Robert Maybury, Fritz Steckerl, William Wallace, Armand Siegel et al.
    Pages 72-76

  8. Modal Logics I: Modalities and Intensional Languages

    • Ruth Barcan Marcus
    Pages 77-96

  9. Comments

    • Willard Van Orman Quine
    Pages 97-104

  10. Discussion

    • Ruth Barcan Marcus, Willard Van Orman Quine, Saul Kripke, John McCarthy, Dagfinn Follesdal
    Pages 105-116

  11. Modal Logics II: Toward a Formal Analysis of Cultural Objects

    • Alan Ross Anderson, Omar Khayyam Moore
    Pages 117-143

  12. Deterministic Interpretations of the Quantum Theory

    • Ralph Schiller
    Pages 144-155

  13. Operational Aspects of Hidden-Variable Quantum Theories with a Postscript on the Impact of Recent Scientific Trends on Art

    • Armand Siegel
    Pages 156-173

  14. Comments

    • Abner Shimony
    Pages 174-177

  15. The Falsifiability of Theories: Total or Partial? A Contemporary Evaluation of the Duhem-Quine Thesis

    • Adolf Grünbaum
    Pages 178-195

  16. Comments

    • Robert S. Cohen
    Pages 196-198

  17. Perception and Language

    • Noam Chomsky
    Pages 199-205

  18. Perception: Cause and Achievement

    • Sidney Morgenbesser
    Pages 206-212
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About this book

The broad range of interdisciplinary concerns which are encompassed by the philosophy of science have this much in common: (I) they arise from reflection upon the fundamental concepts, the formal structures, and the methodology of the sciences; (2) they touch upon the characteristically philosophical questions of ontology and epistemology in a unique way, bringing to traditional conceptions the analytic apparatus of modern logic, and the new content and conceptual models of active scientific investigations. These sources are reflected in the present volume, which consists of the major portion of the papers presented to the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science in the academic year 1961-1962. There is no central theme nor any dominant approach in this colloquium. Initiated in 1960 as an inter-university interdisciplinary faculty group, the Colloqnium is intended to foster creative and regular exchange of research and opinion, to provide a forum for professional discussion in the philosophy of science, and to stimulate the development of academic programs in philosophy of science in the colleges and universities of metropolitan Boston. The base of the Colloquium is our philosophic and scientific community, as broad and heterodox as the academic, cultural and techno­ logical complex in and about this city. The Colloquium has been supported in its first full year, as an inter-institutional cooperative association, by a generous grant to Boston University from the U. S. National Science Foundation. We are most grateful for this help.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, USA

    Marx W. Wartofsky

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1961/1962

  • Editors: Marx W. Wartofsky

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3263-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company Dordrecht-Holland 1963

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0021-6Published: 31 July 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3265-0Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3263-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 212

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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