ISBN-13: 9781904987215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 708 str.
This book collects most of the invited papers presented at the 12th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science in Oviedo, August 2003. It contains state of the art accounts of ongoing work by a selection of the most renowned researchers in the field. The papers in the Logic section deal with topics in mathematical logic, as well as philosophical logic, and the area of logic and computation. The section on General Methodology contains articles on models, theories, probability, induction, causation, and other topics. A number of papers discuss Philosophical Issues of Particular Sciences, such as mathematics, physics, linguistics, psychology, biology, and medicine. There is also a section on Ethics of Science, and papers from a special symposium on the Emergence of Scientific Medicine in the 19th-20th Century.
This book collects most of the invited papers presented at the 12thInternational Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Sciencein Oviedo, August 2003. It contains state of the art accounts of ongoingwork by a selection of the most renowned researchers in the field. Thepapers in the Logic section deal with topics in mathematical logic, aswell as philosophical logic, and the area of logic and computation. Thesection on General Methodology contains articles on models, theories,probability, induction, causation, and other topics. A number of papersdiscuss Philosophical Issues of Particular Sciences, such asmathematics, physics, linguistics, psychology, biology, and medicine.There is also a section on Ethics of Science, and papers from a specialsymposium on the Emergence of Scientific Medicine in the 19th-20th Century.