Philosophical Dimensions of Logic and Science : Selected Contributed Papers From the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Kraków, 1999

**Philosophical Dimensions of Logic and Science** is a collection of outstanding contributed papers presented at the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science held in Kraków in 1999. The Congress was a follow-up to the series of meetings, initiated once by Alfred Tarski, which aimed to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scientists, philosophers and logicians. The articles selected for publication in the book comply with that idea and innovatively address current issues in logic, metamathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and cognitive science, as well as philosophical problems of biology, chemistry and physics. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, logicians and scientists interested in foundational problems of their disciplines. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Classification of Logics over FL ew and Almost Maximal Logics....Pages 3-13 On Representing Semantics in Finite Models....Pages 15-28 Spectra of Formulae with Henkin Quantifiers....Pages 29-45 On Σ N -Definability in Arithmetic....Pages 47-56 Arithmetic Complexity of the Predicate Logics of Complete Arithmetic Theories....Pages 57-66 A Straightforward Proof of Köbler-Messner’s Result....Pages 67-75 On the Persistent Difficulty of Disjunction....Pages 77-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Science, Lifeworld, and Realism....Pages 93-108 Explaining Laws by Reduction....Pages 109-116 Akaike’s Theorem and Bayesian Methodology....Pages 117-137 Does a Living System Have a State?....Pages 139-150 Do Genes Code for Traits?....Pages 151-164 Chemistry and the Completeness of Physics....Pages 165-178 The Thermodynamic Arrow of Time in Quantum Cosmology....Pages 179-194 Modal Interpretations....Pages 195-211 Cartwright’s Models are Not Adequate for EPR....Pages 213-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Radical Anti-Realism and Substructural Logics....Pages 235-249 The Minimalist Conception of Truth and Philosophy of Science....Pages 251-266 Truth and Satisfaction by the Empty Sequence....Pages 267-276 Truth, Propositions and Context....Pages 277-287 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Actuality and Possibility....Pages 289-295 Possible Worlds Semantics and the Liar....Pages 297-314 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 The Triplet Modeling of Concept Connections....Pages 317-330 Evaluation and Testing in Creativity....Pages 331-344 Assessment and Discovery in the Limit of Scientific Inquiry....Pages 345-371 Inferential Traps in an Escalation Process....Pages 373-390 Back Matter....Pages 391-396 Preface I: Logic and Metamathematics. 1. A classification of logics over FLew. 2. On representing semantics in finite models. 3. Spectra of formulae with Henkin quantifiers. 4. On SigmaN-definability in arithmetic. 5. Arithmetic complexity of the predicate logics. 6. Straightforward proof of Köbler-Messner's result. 7. On the persistent difficulty of disjunction II: Science. 8. Science, lifeworld and realism. 9. Explaining laws by reduction. 10. Akaike's theorem and Bayesian methodology. 11. Does a living system have a state? 12. Do genes code for traits? 13. Chemistry and the completeness of physics. 14. The thermodynamic arrow of time. 15. Modal interpretations. 16. Cartwright's models are not adequate for EPR III: Language. 17. Radical anti-realism and substructural logics. 18. The minimalist conception of truth. 19. Truth and satisfaction by the empty sequence. 20. Truth, propositions and context. 21. Actuality and possibility. 22. Possible worlds semantics and the liar IV: Cognition. 23. The triplet modeling of concept connections. 24. Evaluation and testing in creativity. 25. Assessment in the limits of scientific inquiry. 26. Inferential traps in an escalation process Index of Names. This is a collection of outstanding contributed papers presented at the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science (Kraków, 1999). The articles address current issues in logic, metamathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and cognitive science, as well as philosophical problems of biology, chemistry and physics. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, logicians and scientists interested in foundational problems. Selected Conributed Papers from the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Kraków, 1999 Selected Conributed Papers from the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Krakow, 1999