Foundational Problems in the Special Sciences

Robert E. Butts, Jaakko Hintikka

Springer Netherlands, Oct 31, 1977 - History - 427 pages

The Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science was held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 27 August to 2 September 1975. The Congress was held under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, and was sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada and the University of Western Ontario. As those associated closely with the work of the Division over the years know weIl, the work undertaken by its members varies greatly and spans a number of fields not always obviously related. In addition, the volume of work done by first rate scholars and scientists in the various fields of the Division has risen enormously. For these and related reasons it seemed to the editors chosen by the Divisional officers that the usual format of publishing the proceedings of the Congress be abandoned in favour of a somewhat more flexible, and hopefully acceptable, method of pre sentation. Accordingly, the work of the invited participants to the Congress has been divided into four volumes appearing in the University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. The volumes are entitled, Logic, Foundations of Mathematics and Computability Theory, Foun dational Problems in the Special Sciences, Basic Problems in Methodol ogy and Linguistics, and Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Foundational Problems in the Special Sciences; Volume 2 of International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science 5, 1975, London, Ontario: Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London, Ontario , Canada, 1975; Part 2 of Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science; Part 2 of Proceedings, Methodology International Congress of Logic (University of Western Ontario)., and Philosophy of Science); Volume 10 of Series in philosophy of science / University of Western Ontario; The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, University of Western Ontario, ISSN 0929-6417; Volume 10 of University of Western Ontario London, Ontario: The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science; Volume 10 of University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science : a series of books on philosophy of science, methodology, and epistemology; Issue 10 of Western Ontario Series
• Editors: Robert E. Butts, Jaakko Hintikka
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, 1977
• ISBN: 9027707103, 9789027707109
• Length: 427 pages
• Subjects: History / General; Philosophy / General; Philosophy / Logic; Political Science / History & Theory; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Social Science / Reference