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Analysis and Interpretation in the Exact Sciences, 2012
Essays in Honour of William Demopoulos
The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science Series, Vol. 78
Coordinators: Frappier Melanie, Brown Derek, DiSalle Robert
Language: EnglishPublication date: 04-2014
268 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 02-2012
268 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
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1 Analysis and Interpretation in the Philosophy of Modern Physics; Robert DiSalle.- Part I Perception, Language, and Realism.- 2 Seeing Things Move; Michael Dummett.- 3 A Critical Examination of Sellars’s Theory of Perception; Anil Gupta.- 4 Long Ago, in a Context Far Away; Mark Wilson.- 5 Vagueness, Ambiguity, and the “Sound” of Meaning; Sylvain Bromberger.- 6 Carnap’s Philosophical Neutrality Between Realism and Instrumentalism; Michael Friedman.- Part II Foundations of Mathematics.- 7 Frege and Benacerraf’s Problem; Crispin Wright.- 8 More on Frege and Hilbert; Michael Hallett.- 9 The Axiom of Choice in an Elementary Theoryof Operations and Sets; John L. Bell.- Part III Foundations of Physics.- 10 Quantum Mechanics and Ontology; Hilary Putnam.- 11 Betting on the Outcomes of Measurements: A Bayesian Theory of Quantum Probability; Itamar Pitowsky.- 12 Is Information the Key?; Jeffrey Bub.- 13 Correlations and Counterfactuals: The EPR Illusion; Allen Stairs.- 14 A Remark About the “Geodesic Principle” in General Relativity; David B. Malament.- Bibliography of the Publications of William Demopoulos to 2011.- Doctoral Theses to 2011.- Index.
Original contributions from world-leading researchers in philosophy
Breadth of philosophical perspective: emphasizes links between analytic philosophy, foundations of mathematics, andinterpretive problems in scientific theories
Breadth of topics: contributions in the philosophy of physics, philosophy and history of mathematics, philosophy of language, logic and contemporary analytic philosophy