Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science VIIIJ.E. Fenstad, I.T. Frolov, R. Hilpinen Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science VIII presents the results of recent research into the foundations of science. The volume contains 37 invited papers presented at the Congress, covering the areas of Logic, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences and the Humanities. |
Contents
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CHAPTER 1 FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICAL REASONING | 91 |
CHAPTER 2 MODEL THEORY | 141 |
CHAPTER 3 FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTING AND RECURSION THEORY | 177 |
CHAPTER 4 SET THEORY | 203 |
CHAPTER 5 GENERAL LOGIC | 245 |
CHAPTER 6 GENERAL METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE | 317 |
CHAPTER 8 FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 445 |
CHAPTER 9 FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 479 |
CHAPTER 10 FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES | 515 |
CHAPTER 11 FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES | 529 |
CHAPTER 12 FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTICS | 569 |
CHAPTER 13 HISTORY OF LOGIC METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 607 |
Contributed Papers | 661 |
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