Ebook: Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science: Part I: Logic, Mathematics, Physics and History of Science Essays in Honor of Hugues Leblanc

By North-American standards, philosophy is not new in Quebec: the first men­ tion of philosophy lectures given by a Jesuit in the College de Quebec (founded 1635) dates from 1665, and the oldest logic manuscript dates from 1679. In English-speaking universities such as McGill (founded 1829), philosophy began to be taught later, during the second half of the 19th century. The major influence on English-speaking philosophers was, at least initially, that of Scottish Empiricism. On the other hand, the strong influence of the Catholic Church on French-Canadian society meant that the staff of the facultes of the French-speaking universities consisted, until recently, almost entirely of Thomist philosophers. There was accordingly little or no work in modem Formal Logic and Philosophy of Science and precious few contacts between the philosophical communities. In the late forties, Hugues Leblanc was a young student wanting to learn Formal Logic. He could not find anyone in Quebec to teach him and he went to study at Harvard University under the supervision of W. V. Quine. His best friend Maurice L' Abbe had left, a year earlier, for Princeton to study with Alonzo Church. After receiving his Ph. D from Harvard in 1948, Leblanc started his profes­ sional career at Bryn Mawr College, where he stayed until 1967. He then went to Temple University, where he taught until his retirement in 1992, serving as Chair of the Department of Philosophy from 1973 until 1979.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
On Axiomatizing Free Logic — and Inclusive Logic in the Bargain....Pages 1-22
Partial Propositional Logic....Pages 23-39
Generalized Quantifiers and Inferences....Pages 41-55
A Category-Theoretic Approach to Aristotle’s Term Logic, with Special Reference to Syllogisms....Pages 57-68
On the Nominalistic Interpretation of Natural Languages....Pages 69-78
If Not-True and Not Being True are not Identical, Which One is False?....Pages 79-94
A New Formulation of the Logic of Propositions....Pages 95-105
Internal Logic. A Radically Constructive Logic for Mathematics and Physics....Pages 107-122
A Reconstruction of Russell’s Substitution Theory....Pages 123-133
Hilbert and Logic....Pages 135-187
Kronecker’s ‘Safe Haven of Real Mathematics’....Pages 189-215
Hidden Variables, Separability, and Realism....Pages 217-227
A Branched Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics which Differs from Everett’s....Pages 229-241
…And Chaos Shall Set you Free…....Pages 243-258
Other Things Equal, the Chances Improve....Pages 259-273
The Model-Theoretic Argument Unlocked....Pages 275-286
Helmholtz and Modern Empiricism....Pages 287-296
Technology and the Rise of the Mechanical Philosophy....Pages 297-307
Back Matter....Pages 309-331

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
On Axiomatizing Free Logic — and Inclusive Logic in the Bargain....Pages 1-22
Partial Propositional Logic....Pages 23-39
Generalized Quantifiers and Inferences....Pages 41-55
A Category-Theoretic Approach to Aristotle’s Term Logic, with Special Reference to Syllogisms....Pages 57-68
On the Nominalistic Interpretation of Natural Languages....Pages 69-78
If Not-True and Not Being True are not Identical, Which One is False?....Pages 79-94
A New Formulation of the Logic of Propositions....Pages 95-105
Internal Logic. A Radically Constructive Logic for Mathematics and Physics....Pages 107-122
A Reconstruction of Russell’s Substitution Theory....Pages 123-133
Hilbert and Logic....Pages 135-187
Kronecker’s ‘Safe Haven of Real Mathematics’....Pages 189-215
Hidden Variables, Separability, and Realism....Pages 217-227
A Branched Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics which Differs from Everett’s....Pages 229-241
…And Chaos Shall Set you Free…....Pages 243-258
Other Things Equal, the Chances Improve....Pages 259-273
The Model-Theoretic Argument Unlocked....Pages 275-286
Helmholtz and Modern Empiricism....Pages 287-296
Technology and the Rise of the Mechanical Philosophy....Pages 297-307
Back Matter....Pages 309-331
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