Ebook: In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: Volume Two of the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Cracow, August 1999

This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. The invited speakers are the leading researchers and accordingly the book presents the current state of the intellectual discourse in the respective fields.

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This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. The invited speakers are the leading researchers and accordingly the book presents the current state of the intellectual discourse in the respective fields.

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This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. The invited speakers are the leading researchers and accordingly the book presents the current state of the intellectual discourse in the respective fields.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Biology and the Possible....Pages 373-385
On Genetic Information and Genetic Coding....Pages 387-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Architecture-Based Conceptions of Mind....Pages 403-427
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
Linguistics as a System of Distinct Types of Ontology-Cum-Methodology....Pages 431-441
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Philosophy and the Social Sciences....Pages 445-455
Assessing Game-Theoretic Explanations in the Social Sciences....Pages 457-470
In Defense of Mental Representation....Pages 471-493
Front Matter....Pages 495-495
Situated Knowledge and the Interplay of Value Judgments and Evidence in Scientific Inquiry....Pages 497-517
The Ways in which the Sciences are and are Not Value Free....Pages 519-532
Scientific Controversy and the Public Face of Science....Pages 533-547
Front Matter....Pages 549-549
Incommensurability and Empirical Comparability: The Case of the Phlogiston Theory....Pages 551-564
A Century of Inference: 1837–1936....Pages 565-580
Front Matter....Pages 581-581
Historical Ontology....Pages 583-600
Carnap and Kuhn: A Belated Encounter....Pages 603-620
Philosophy as Science: The Modernist Agenda of Philosophy of Science, 1900–1950....Pages 621-639
Philosophy of Science, 1950–2000: The Parting of the Ways....Pages 641-663
Patterns of Interaction among Philosophers of Science and Cognitive Scientists....Pages 667-685
The Concept of Information in Biology....Pages 689-699
On the Future of Science....Pages 703-709
Back Matter....Pages 711-734

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This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. The invited speakers are the leading researchers and accordingly the book presents the current state of the intellectual discourse in the respective fields.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Biology and the Possible....Pages 373-385
On Genetic Information and Genetic Coding....Pages 387-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Architecture-Based Conceptions of Mind....Pages 403-427
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
Linguistics as a System of Distinct Types of Ontology-Cum-Methodology....Pages 431-441
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Philosophy and the Social Sciences....Pages 445-455
Assessing Game-Theoretic Explanations in the Social Sciences....Pages 457-470
In Defense of Mental Representation....Pages 471-493
Front Matter....Pages 495-495
Situated Knowledge and the Interplay of Value Judgments and Evidence in Scientific Inquiry....Pages 497-517
The Ways in which the Sciences are and are Not Value Free....Pages 519-532
Scientific Controversy and the Public Face of Science....Pages 533-547
Front Matter....Pages 549-549
Incommensurability and Empirical Comparability: The Case of the Phlogiston Theory....Pages 551-564
A Century of Inference: 1837–1936....Pages 565-580
Front Matter....Pages 581-581
Historical Ontology....Pages 583-600
Carnap and Kuhn: A Belated Encounter....Pages 603-620
Philosophy as Science: The Modernist Agenda of Philosophy of Science, 1900–1950....Pages 621-639
Philosophy of Science, 1950–2000: The Parting of the Ways....Pages 641-663
Patterns of Interaction among Philosophers of Science and Cognitive Scientists....Pages 667-685
The Concept of Information in Biology....Pages 689-699
On the Future of Science....Pages 703-709
Back Matter....Pages 711-734
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