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Formal Methods in the Methodology of Empirical Sciences

Proceedings of the Conference for Formal Methods in the Methodology of Empirical Sciences, Warsaw, June 17–21, 1974

  • Editors
  • Marian Przełęcki
  • Klemens Szaniawski
  • Ryszard Wójcicki
  • Grzegorz Malinowski
Book

Part of the Synthese Library book series (SYLI, volume 103)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages 1-6
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  2. Part A

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 7-7
      PDF
    2. Some Problems of Formal Methodology of Science
      Ryszard Wójcicki
      Pages 9-18
    3. Approximate Truth and Truthlikeness
      Risto Hilpinen
      Pages 19-42
    4. A Multiple Sentential Logic for Empirical Theories
      Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
      Pages 43-56
    5. An Axiomatic Foundation for the Logic of Inductive Generalization
      Jaakko Hintikka, Ilkka Niiniluoto
      Pages 57-81
    6. A Two-Dimensional Continuum of a Priori Probability Distributions on Constituents
      Theo A. F. Kuipers
      Pages 82-92
    7. Inductive Logic and Theoretical Concepts
      Ilkka Niiniluoto
      Pages 93-112
    8. A Pragmatic Approach to the Formalization of Empirical Theories
      Robin Giles
      Pages 113-135
    9. Uncertainty, Probability and Empirical Knowledge
      B. L. Lichtenfeld, A. I. Rakitov
      Pages 136-142
    10. The Concept of Empirical Data
      Evandro Agazzi
      Pages 143-157
    11. Interpretation of Theoretical Terms: In Defence of an Empiricist Dogma
      Marian Przełęcki
      Pages 158-169
    12. Definability Problems in the Methodology of Science
      Veikko Rantala
      Pages 170-187
    13. Laws, Identities, and Reduction
      Robert L. Causey
      Pages 188-198
    14. On Logical Analysis of Methods
      Wolfram Heitsch
      Pages 199-205
    15. Axiomatization in Expected Utility Theory
      Karel Berka
      Pages 206-219
    16. A Logical Model for Game-Like Situations and the Transformation of Game-Like Situations
      P. Robinson
      Pages 220-228
    17. Indeterminate Probabilities
      P. M. Williams
      Pages 229-246
    18. Theoretical Laws
      Frederick Suppe
      Pages 247-267
    19. Causality, Ontology, and Subsumptive Explanation
      Raimo Tuomela
      Pages 268-286
    20. On the Introduction of Intensions into Set Theory
      Paul Weingartner
      Pages 287-296
    21. Types of Information and their Role in the Methodology of Science
      Klemens Szaniawski
      Pages 297-308
    22. Classification and Ranking Models in the Discrete Data Analysis (A Survey)
      B. G. Mirkin, L. B. Chorny
      Pages 309-317
    23. What Have Physicists Learned From Experience About Inductive Inference?
      G. Toraldo Di Francia
      Pages 318-331

  3. (Papers presented by title)

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 333-333
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    2. Verisimilitude: Popper, Miller, and Hattiangadi
      Joseph Agassi
      Pages 335-352
    3. On a General Scheme of Causal Analysis
      F. M. Borodkin
      Pages 353-367
    4. Logic of Quantum Mechanics
      H. Dishkant
      Pages 368-370
    5. On Possibilities and Limits of the Application of Inductive Methods
      Wilhelm K. Essler
      Pages 371-379
    6. Correspondence Principle and the Idealization
      Władysław Krajewski
      Pages 380-386
    7. Pragmatic Meaning and Truth
      Pavel Materna
      Pages 387-393
    8. Semantic Complementarity in Quantitative Empirical Sciences
      Tadeusz Nadel-Turoński
      Pages 394-398
    9. Marx’s Concept of Law of Science
      Leszek Nowak
      Pages 399-416
    10. The Impossibility Theorem for Universal Theory of Prediction
      K. Samochwalow
      Pages 417-430
    11. Scientific Knowledge-Formation
      Håkan Törnebohm
      Pages 431-438
    12. The Methodology of Behavioral Theory Construction: Nomological-Deductive and Axiomatic Aspects of Formalized Theory
      Edward C. Uliassi, Roger J. Chacon
      Pages 439-449
    13. Intertheory Relations on the Formal and Semantical Level
      Jan M. Żytkow
      Pages 450-457

About this book

Keywords

Karl R. Popper axiomatization logic probability quantum mechanics reduction science

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1135-8
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1976
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-94-010-1137-2
  • Online ISBN 978-94-010-1135-8
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