Bridging the Gap: Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics Lectures on the Foundations of Science

Foundational questions in logic, mathematics, computer science and physics are constant sources of epistemological debate in contemporary philosophy. To what extent is the transfinite part of mathematics completely trustworthy? Why is there a general `malaise' concerning the logical approach to...

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Other Authors: Corsi, G. (Editor), Dalla Chiara, Maria Luisa (Editor), Ghirardi, Giancarlo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Logic, Mathematics And Information
  • Theory of Deduction
  • An Introduction to Modal Semantics
  • Complexity of Logical Decision Problems: An Introduction
  • Remarks on Hilbert’s Program for the Foundation of Mathematics
  • Working Foundations — ‘91
  • Minds and Brains, Algorithms and Machines
  • Remarks on Information and Mind
  • II: Physics And Probability
  • Axioms and Paradoxes in Special Relativity
  • The Quantum Worldview: Its Difficulties and An Attempt To Overcome Them
  • Indeterminism, Nonseparability and the Einstein—Podolsky—Rosen Paradox
  • Sigma-Convex Structures of the Sets of States and Probability Measures in Quantum Mechanics
  • The ‘Logical’ Approach to Axiomatic Quantum Theory
  • Individuals, Kinds and Names in Physics
  • Symmetries of Probability Kinematics
  • Index of Names