Logic, language, and the structure of scientific theories : proceedings of the Carnap-Reichenbach centennial, University of Konstanz, 21-24 May 1991 / edited by Wesley Salmon and Gereon Wolters.

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[1994], ©1994
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Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press ; [Konstanz] : Universitätsverlag Konstanz, [1994], ©1994.

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x, 363 pages ; 24 cm.

Contents

Scientific philosophy : the other side / Gereon Wolters -- Geometry, convention, and the relativized a priori : Reichenbach, Schlick, and Carnap / Michael Friedman ; Comment / Joëlle Proust -- Einstein, Kant, and the origins of logical empiricism / Don Howard ; Comment : Einstein's disenchantment / Thomas Oberdan -- Scientific explanation and equivalent descriptions / Felix Mühlhölzer ; Comment : Reichenbach on realism / Wesley Salmon -- Descriptive and inductive simplicity / Ilkka Niiniluoto -- The problem of operational definitions / Andreas Kamlah ; Comment / Joëlle Proust -- Reichenbach on quantum mechanics / Itamar Pitowsky -- On Reichenbach's principle of the common cause / Wolfgang Spohn -- Carnap, Hempel, and Reichenbach on scientific realism / Wesley Salmon -- With Carnap, beyond Carnap : metaphysics, science, and the realism/instrumentalism controversy / Paolo Parrini ; Comment : Carnap on realism / Wesley Salmon -- Functionalist theories of meaning and the defense of analyticity / Richard Creath -- Carnap and Quine / Neil Tennant ; Comment / W. V. Quine.

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Includes index and bibliographies.

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  • 3879404771
  • 0822937409