Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science: Part I: Logic, Mathematics, Physics and History of Science

ISBN-13: 9789401072045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 332 str.

Mathieu Marion;Robert S. Cohen

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface; M. Marion, R. S. Cohen. Logic. On Axiomatizing Free Logic - and Inclusive Logic into the Bargain; H. Leblanc. Partial Propositional Logic; F. Lepage. Generalized Quantifiers and Inferences; S. Lapierre. A Category-Theoretic Approach to Aristotle's Term Logic with Special Reference to Syllogisms; M. La Palme Reyes, et al. On the Nominalistic Interpretation of Natural Languages; J. Lambeck. If Not-True and Not Being True are not Identical, which one is False? J.-P. Marquis. A New Formulation of the Logic of Propositions; D. Vanderveken. Internal Logic. A Radically Constructive Logic for Mathematics and Physics; Y. Gauthier. A Reconstruction of Russell's Substitution Theory; J. Pelham. Philosophy of Mathematics. Hilbert and Logic; M. Hallett. Kronecker's `Safe Haven of Real Mathematics'; M. Marion. Philosophy of Physics. Hidden Variables, Separability, and Realism; M. Bunge. A Branched Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics which Differs from Everett's; S. McCall. ... And Chaos Shall Set You Free ...; M. J. Blais. History and Philosophy of Science. Other Things Equal, The Chances Improve; P. Pietroski. The Model-Theoretic Argument Unlocked; D. Davies. Helmholtz and Modern Empiricism; J. Leroux. Technology and the Rise of the Mechanical Philosophy; W. Shea. Notes on the Authors. Name Index.

O autorze

PhD Mathieu Marion, Oxford, 1991. Publications in Philosophiques, Synthese, Philosophia Scientiae.