This book presents a collection of studies by Romanian philosophers, addressing foundational issues currently debated in contemporary philosophy of science. It offers a historical survey of the tradition of scientific philosophy in Romania. It examines some problems in the foundations of logic, mathematics, linguistics, the natural and social sciences. Among the more specific topics, it discusses scientific explanation, models, and mechanisms, as well as memory, artifacts, and rules of research. The book is useful to those interested in the philosophy of real science, but also to those...

This book examines three connected aspects of Frege s logicism: the differences between Frege s and Dedekind s interpretation of the term logic and related terms andreflects on Frege s notion of function, comparing its interpretation and the role it played in Frege s and Lagrange s foundational programs. It concludes with an examination of the notion of arbitrary function, taking into account Frege s, Ramsey s and Russell s view on the subject. Composed of three chapters, this book sheds light on important aspects of Frege s logicism. The first chapter explains how, although he shares Frege s...

This book examines three connected aspects of Frege's logicism: the differences between Dedekind's and Frege's interpretation of the term `logic' and related terms and reflects on Frege's notion of function, comparing its understanding and the role it played in Frege's and Lagrange's foundational programs.

This book presents a collection of studies by Romanian philosophers, addressing foundational issues currently debated in contemporary philosophy of science. The book is useful to those interested in the philosophy of real science, but also to those interested in Romanian philosophy.

Semantic Representationalism, Logical Dialogues, Knowledge and Epistemic logic are among some of the topics covered in this book's chapters.The book should appeal to students, scholars and teachers who wish to explore the philosophy of Jaako Hintikka.