Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science

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The aim of the series Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, of which this is the first volume, is to take up anew the challenge of considering the scientific enterprise in its entirety in light of recent developments in logic and philosophy. Developments in logic are especially relevant to the current situation in philosophy of science. At present, there is no single logic, single approach to semantics or well-defined conception of scientific method dominating the philosophy of science. At the same time, questions concerning linguistic, reductionist and foundationalist approaches to epistemology, the analytic and synthetic distinction as well as disputes concerning semantics and pragmatics have been illuminated by recent developments in logic. Given the power of such developments, discussions of the unity of science are even more intriguing and urgent than in the 20th century. The first title in this new series aims to explore, through extensive co-operation, new ways of achieving the integration of science in all its diversity. The present volume contains essays from some of the most important and influential philosophers in contemporary philosophy, discussing a range of topics such as philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of logic and game theoretical approaches. It will be of great interest to philosophers, computer scientists and all others interested in the scientific rationality. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Logic, Epistemology and the Unity of Science: An Encyclopedic Project in the Spirit of Neurath and Diderot....Pages 3-15 An International Encyclopedia of the Unified Sciences....Pages 17-21 Towards a Unity of the Human Behavioral Sciences....Pages 25-39 Some Coloured Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics in the 20th Century....Pages 41-50 Logical vs. Nonlogical Concepts: An Untenable Dualism?....Pages 51-56 Semantic Games In Logic and Epistemology....Pages 57-103 If Logic, Game-Theoretical Semantics, and the Philosophy of Science....Pages 105-138 Concepts Structured through Reduction: A Structuralist Resource Illuminates the Consolidation-Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) Link....Pages 141-150 The Unity of Science and The Unity of Being: a Sketch of a Formal Approach....Pages 151-161 Logical Pluralism and the Preservation of Warrant....Pages 163-173 In Defence Of The Dog: Response To Restall....Pages 175-180 Normic Laws, Non-Monotonic Reasoning, and the Unity of Science....Pages 181-211 The Puzzling Role of Philosophy in Life Sciences....Pages 213-227 The Creative Growth of Mathematics....Pages 229-255 Quantum Logic and the Unity of Science....Pages 257-287 Belief Contraction, Anti-Formulae and Resource Overdraft:Part II Deletion In Resource Unbounded Logics....Pages 291-326 Reasoning About Knowledge In Linear Logic: Modalities and Complexity....Pages 327-350 A Solution to Fitch' Paradox of Knowability....Pages 351-380 Theories of Knowledge and Ignorance....Pages 381-418 Action-Theoreticaspects of Theory Choice....Pages 419-435 Some Computationalconstraints In Epistemic Logic....Pages 437-456 The Need for Adaptive Logics In Epistemology....Pages 459-485 Logics For Qualitative Reasoning....Pages 487-526 Logic of Dynamics and Dynamics of Logic: Some Paradigm Examples....Pages 527-555 Complementarity and Paraconsistency....Pages 557-568 Law, Logic, Rhetoric: A Procedural Model of Legal Argumentation....Pages 569-588 Essentialist Metaphysics in a Scientific Framework....Pages 589-600 Back Matter....Pages 601-626