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Language, Logic and Method (Hardcover, 1983 ed.)
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Language, Logic and Method (Hardcover, 1983 ed.)
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 31
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Fundamental problems of the uses of formal techniques and of
natural and instrumental practices have been raised again and again
these past two decades, in many quarters and from varying
viewpoints. We have brought a number of quite basic studies of
these issues together in this volume, not linked con ceptually nor
by any rigorously defined problematic, but rather simply some of
the most interesting and even provocative of recent research
accomplish ments. Most of these papers are derived from the Boston
Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science during 1973-80, the two
exceptions being those of Karel Berka (on scales of measurement)
and A. A. Zinov'ev (on a non-tradi tional theory of quantifiers).
Just how intriguing these results (or conjectures?) seem to us may
be seen from some brief quotations: (1) Judson Webb: " . . . . the
abstract machine concept has many of the appropriate kinds of
properties for modelling living, reproducing, rule following,
self-reflecting, accident-prone, and lucky creatures . . . the a
priori logical results relevant to the abstract machine concept,
above all Godel's, could not conceivably have turned out any better
for the mechanist. " (2) M. L. Dalla Chiara: " . . . modal
interpretation (of quantum logic) shows clearly that it possesses a
logical meaning which is quite independent of quantum mechanics. "
(3) Isaac Levi: (as against Peirce and Popper) " . . .
infallibilism is con sistent with corrigibilism, and a view which
respects avoidance of error is an important desideratum for
science."
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