Basic Problems in Methodology and Linguistics : Part Three of the Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London, Ontario, Canada-1975

The Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science was held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 27 August to 2 September 1975. The Congress was held under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, and was sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada and the University of Western Ontario. As those associated closely with the work of the Division over the years know well, the work undertaken by its members varies greatly and spans a number of fields not always obviously related. In addition, the volume of work done by first rate scholars and scientists in the various fields of the Division has risen enormously. For these and related reasons it seemed to the editors chosen by the Divisional officers that the usual format of publishing the proceedings of the Congress be abandoned in favour of a somewhat more flexible, and hopefully acceptable, method of pre­ sentation. Accordingly, the work of the invited participants to the Congress has been divided into four volumes appearing in the University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. The volumes are entitled, Logic, Foundations of Mathematics and Computability Theory, Foun­ dational Problems in the Special Sciences, Basic Problems in Methodol­ ogy and Linguistics, and Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Methodology and Systematic Philosophy....Pages 3-23 Identity by Sense in Empirical Sciences....Pages 25-30 Towards a General Semantics of Empirical Theories....Pages 31-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Identifiability and the Status of Theoretical Terms....Pages 43-61 Definability and Identifiability: Certain Problems and Hypotheses....Pages 63-80 On Identifiability in Extended Domains....Pages 81-89 Prediction and Identifiability....Pages 91-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 An Argument for Comparative Probability....Pages 105-119 On the Truthlikeness of Generalizations....Pages 121-147 A Third Dogma of Empiricism....Pages 149-166 Causal Thinking in Judgment under Uncertainty....Pages 167-190 Front Matter....Pages 191-191 A Survey of the Theory of Random Sequences....Pages 193-211 Mises Redux....Pages 213-222 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Foundations of Philosophical Pragmatics....Pages 225-242 On Problems of Speech Act Theory....Pages 243-258 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Transformations and Categories in Syntax....Pages 261-282 In Consequence of Speaking....Pages 283-297 Formal Properties of Phonological Rules....Pages 299-318 Back Matter....Pages 319-324 Part Three of the Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London, Ontario, Canada, August 27-September 2, 1975