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Structural Reliabilism

Inductive Logic as a Theory of Justification

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Editors:
  1. Paweł Kawalec

    1. The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

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Part of the book series: Trends in Logic (TREN, volume 16)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Systems of Inductive Logic

    • PaweÅ‚ Kawalec
    Pages 1-52

  3. Inductive Logic as a Structural Reliabilist Theory of Justification

    • PaweÅ‚ Kawalec
    Pages 53-106

  4. Structural Reliabilism and the Problems of Bayesian Epistemology

    • PaweÅ‚ Kawalec
    Pages 107-147

  5. Conclusion

    • PaweÅ‚ Kawalec
    Pages 149-152

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 153-191
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About this book

Kawalec's monograph is a novel defence of the programme of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap in the 1950s and Jaakko Hintikka in the 1960s. It revives inductive logic by bringing out the underlying epistemology. The main strength of the work is its link between inductive logic and contemporary discussions of epistemology. Through this perspective the author succeeds to shed new light on the significance of inductive logic. The resulting structural reliabilist theory propounds the view that justification supervenes on syntactic and semantic properties of sentences as justification-bearers. The claim is made that this sets up a genuine alternative to the prevailing theories of justification. Kawalec substantiates this claim by confronting structural reliabilism with a number of epistemological problems. Kawalec writes in a clear manner, makes his theses and arguments explicit, and gives ample bibliographical references.

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"This monograph is a novel defense of the program of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap in the 1950s and Jaako Hintikka in the 1960s. … The main strength of the work is its link between inductive logic and contemporary discussions of epistemology. … He writes in a clear manner, makes his thesis and arguments explicit and gives ample bibliographical references." (International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 34 (3), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

    Paweł Kawalec

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structural Reliabilism

  • Book Subtitle: Inductive Logic as a Theory of Justification

  • Editors: PaweÅ‚ Kawalec

  • Series Title: Trends in Logic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0259-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1013-2Published: 31 October 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3955-0Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0259-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1572-6126

  • Series E-ISSN: 2212-7313

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 190

  • Topics: Logic, Epistemology, Statistics, general, Philosophy of Science

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