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With publication of the present volume, The University of Western
Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science enters its second phase.
The first fourteen volumes in the Series were produced under the
managing editorship of Professor James J. Leach, with the
cooperation of a local editorial board. Many of these volumes
resulted from colloguia and workshops held in con nection with the
University of Western Ontario Graduate Programme in Philosophy of
Science. Throughout its seven year history, the Series has been
devoted to publication of high quality work in philosophy of
science con sidered in its widest extent, including work in
philosophy of the special sciences and history of the conceptual
development of science. In future, this general editorial emphasis
will be maintained, and hopefully, broadened to include important
works by scholars working outside the local context. Appointment of
a new managing editor, together with an expanded editorial board,
brings with it the hope of an enlarged international presence for
the Series. Serving the publication needs of those working in the
various subfields within philosophy of science is a many-faceted
operation. Thus in future the Series will continue to produce
edited proceedings of worthwhile scholarly meetings and edited
collections of seminal background papers. How ever, the publication
priorities will shift emphasis to favour production of monographs
in the various fields covered by the scope of the Series. THE
MANAGING EDITOR vii W. L. Harper, R. Stalnaker, and G. Pearce
(eds.), lIs, vii."
With publication of the present volume, The University of Western
Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science enters its second phase.
The first fourteen volumes in the Series were produced under the
managing editorship of Professor James J. Leach, with the
cooperation of a local editorial board. Many of these volumes
resulted from colloguia and workshops held in con nection with the
University of Western Ontario Graduate Programme in Philosophy of
Science. Throughout its seven year history, the Series has been
devoted to publication of high quality work in philosophy of
science con sidered in its widest extent, including work in
philosophy of the special sciences and history of the conceptual
development of science. In future, this general editorial emphasis
will be maintained, and hopefully, broadened to include important
works by scholars working outside the local context. Appointment of
a new managing editor, together with an expanded editorial board,
brings with it the hope of an enlarged international presence for
the Series. Serving the publication needs of those working in the
various subfields within philosophy of science is a many-faceted
operation. Thus in future the Series will continue to produce
edited proceedings of worthwhile scholarly meetings and edited
collections of seminal background papers. How ever, the publication
priorities will shift emphasis to favour production of monographs
in the various fields covered by the scope of the Series. THE
MANAGING EDITOR vii W. L. Harper, R. Stalnaker, and G. Pearce
(eds.), lIs, vii."
During Hallowe'en of 1970, the Department of Philosophy of the
Univer sity of Western Ontario held its annual fall colloquium at
London, On tario. The general topic of the sessions that year was
conceptual change. The thirteen papers composing this volume stem
more or less directly from those meetings; six of them are printed
here virtually as delivered, while the remaining seven were
subsequently written by invitation. The programme of the colloquium
was to have consisted of major papers delivered by Professors
Wilfrid Sellars, Stephan Korner, Paul Ziff and Hilary Putnam, with
shorter commentary thereupon by Professors Robert Binkley, Joseph
Ullian, Jerry Fodor and Robert Barrett, respec tively. And that is
the way it happened, with one important exception: at the eleventh
hour, Sellars and Binkley exchanged roles. This gave Binkley the
rather unusual and challenging task of providing a suitable
Sellarsian answer to a question not of his own asking - for
Binkley's paper was written under Sellars' original title. Sellars'
own contribution to the vo lume is perhaps more nearly what he
would have presented as main speaker than a direct response to
Binkley. However, it has seemed best, on balance, to attempt no
further stylistic accommodation of the one paper to the other;
their mutual philosophical relevance will be evident in any case.
The editors would here like to extend special thanks to both
Sellars and Binkley for their extraordinary efforts under the
circumstances."
During Hallowe'en of 1970, the Department of Philosophy of the
Univer sity of Western Ontario held its annual fall colloquium at
London, On tario. The general topic of the sessions that year was
conceptual change. The thirteen papers composing this volume stem
more or less directly from those meetings; six of them are printed
here virtually as delivered, while the remaining seven were
subsequently written by invitation. The programme of the colloquium
was to have consisted of major papers delivered by Professors
Wilfrid Sellars, Stephan Korner, Paul Ziff and Hilary Putnam, with
shorter commentary thereupon by Professors Robert Binkley, Joseph
Ullian, Jerry Fodor and Robert Barrett, respec tively. And that is
the way it happened, with one important exception: at the eleventh
hour, Sellars and Binkley exchanged roles. This gave Binkley the
rather unusual and challenging task of providing a suitable
Sellarsian answer to a question not of his own asking - for
Binkley's paper was written under Sellars' original title. Sellars'
own contribution to the vo lume is perhaps more nearly what he
would have presented as main speaker than a direct response to
Binkley. However, it has seemed best, on balance, to attempt no
further stylistic accommodation of the one paper to the other;
their mutual philosophical relevance will be evident in any case.
The editors would here like to extend special thanks to both
Sellars and Binkley for their extraordinary efforts under the
circumstances."
This volume grew out of the papers and comments presented at the
Fifth University of Western Ontario Philosophy Colloquium, October
31- November 2, 1969. The colloquium papers were delivered by P.
Suppes, R. B. Braithwaite, C. W. Churchman, and J. S. Minas.
Comments are provided from others attending the colloquium, with
one reply by P. Suppes. Also included are papers recently published
elsewhere by A. Michalos, P. Fishburn and H. -N. Castaneda. The
editors express thanks to these authors and to the editors of the
following respective journals for per mission to publish: Theory
and Decision, Synthese, and Critica. Finally, there is an extensive
bibliography of decision theory, vis-a. -vis science and values.
The editors wish to thank the officers of the University of Western
Ontario for making the colloquium possible. THE EDITORS CONTENTS
PREFACE V PATRICK SUPPES I The Concept of Obligation in the Context
of Decision Theory 1 HENR Y KYBURG I Comments 15 PATRICK SUPPES I
Reply to Professor Kyburg 19 R. B. BRAITHWAITE I Behind Decision
and Games Theory: Acting with a Co-Agent versus Acting Along with
Nature 22 ISAAC LEVI I Comments 56 RONALD GIERE I Comments 62 I. J.
GOOD I Comments 67 C. WEST CHURCHMAN I Measurement: A Systems
Approach 70 ISAAC LEVI I Comments 87 RONALD GIERE I Comments 95
PETER C. FISHBURN I Utility Theory with Inexact Preferences and
Degrees of Preference 98 I. J."
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