UID:
almahu_9947367989702882
Format:
1 online resource (1005 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-06004-6
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9786611060046
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0-08-054495-9
Series Statement:
Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics ; v. 134
Content:
This volume is the product of the Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and contains the text of most of the invited lectures. Divided into 15 sections, the book covers a wide range of different issues. The reader is given the opportunity to learn about the latest thinking in relevant areas other than those in which they themselves may normally specialise.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science IX; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Appendix to the Preface; President's Address; SECTION 1: INAUGURAL ADDRESS; Chapter 1. Logic and Philosophy in the 20th Century; PART 1: PROOF THEORY AND CATEGORIAL LOGIC; Chapter 2. The Witness Function Method and Provably Recursive Functions of Peano Arithmetic; Chapter 3. Some Aspects of Categorical Logic; Chapter 4. Gentzen-Type Systems and Hilbert's Epsilon Substitution Method; Chapter 5. Admissible Proof Theory and Beyond; PART 2: MODEL THEORY, SET THEORY AND FORMAL SYSTEMS
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Chapter 6. On the Reducibility Order between Borel Equivalence RelationsChapter 7. The Core Model up to a Woodin Cardinal; PART 3: RECURSION THEORY AND CONSTRUCTIVISM; Chapter 8. Lattice Embeddings into the R. E. Degrees Preserving; Chapter 9. Contributions to the History of Variations of Weak Density in the n-R.E. Degrees; Chapter 10. Rigidity and Definability in the Noncomputable Universe; PART 4: LOGIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE; Chapter 11. The Impact of Model Theory on Theoretical Computer Science; Chapter 12. A Decidable Quantified Defeasible Logic; PART 5: PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC
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Chapter 13. Non-Classical Logic and Ontological Non-Commitment, Avoiding Abstract Objects through Modal OperatorsChapter 14. Russellian Propositions; Chapter 15. Accepting Failure in Dynamic Logic; PART 6: METHODOLOGY; Chapter 16. Reliable Methods; Chapter 17. Taking Naturalism Seriously; Chapter 18. Recent Perspectives on Simplicity and Generalization; PART 7: PROBABILITY, INDUCTION AND DECISION THEORY; Chapter 19. Three Levels of Inductive Inference; Chapter 20. When Normal and Extensive Form Decisions Differ; PART 8: HISTORY OF LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
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Chapter 21. Andrei Markov and Mathematical ConstructivismChapter 22. Contributions to the History of the Classical Truth-Definition; PART 9: ETHICS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 23. Notes on the Value of Science; Chapter 24. Morality and Human Evolution; Chapter 25. Conceptual Issues in Ethics of Science and Technology; PART 10: FOUNDATIONS OF LOGIC, MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE; Chapter 26. A New Paradox in Type Theory; Chapter 27. Taking Formalism Seriously; Chapter 28. What is the Philosophical Basis of Intuitionistic Mathematics?; PART 11: FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Chapter 29. Asymptotics, Singularities and the Reduction of TheoriesChapter 30. Realism and Quantum Mechanics; Chapter 31. Some Reflections on the Structure of our Knowledge in Physics; PART 12: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Chapter 32. The Limits of Biology; PART 13: FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND AI (including Computational Perspectives in Psychology); Chapter 33. Cognitive Science as Reverse Engineering. Several Meanings of ""Top-Down"" and ""Bottom-Up""; PART 14: FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTICS; Chapter 34. Logic and the Flow of Information; Chapter 35. The Ontology of Phonology
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Chapter 36. Relational Nouns
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-89341-5
Language:
English
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