Basic Problems in Methodology and Linguistics Part Three of the Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London, Ontario, Canada-1975

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,...

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Other Authors: Butts, Robert E. (Editor), Hintikka, Jaakko (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1977, 1977
Edition:1st ed. 1977
Series:The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I / Problems in the Methodology of Science
  • Methodology and Systematic Philosophy
  • Identity by Sense in Empirical Sciences
  • Towards a General Semantics of Empirical Theories
  • II / Identifiability Problems
  • Identifiability and the Status of Theoretical Terms
  • Definability and Identifiability: Certain Problems and Hypotheses
  • On Identifiability in Extended Domains
  • Prediction and Identifiability
  • III / Foundations of Probability and Induction
  • An Argument for Comparative Probability
  • On the Truthlikeness of Generalizations
  • A Third Dogma of Empiricism
  • Causal Thinking in Judgment under Uncertainty
  • IV / The Concept of Randomness
  • A Survey of the Theory of Random Sequences
  • Mises Redux
  • V / Foundational Problems in Linguistics
  • Foundations of Philosophical Pragmatics
  • On Problems of Speech Act Theory
  • VI / The Prospects of Transformational Grammar
  • Transformations and Categories in Syntax
  • Consequence of Speaking
  • Formal Properties of Phonological Rules
  • Index of Names