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Logical Foundations

Essays in Honor of D. J. O’Connor

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Indira Mahalingam

    1. University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

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  2. Brian Carr

    1. University of Nottingham, UK

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Paradox and Inference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Super Pragmatic Paradoxes

      • Robert Ackermann
      Pages 3-10

    3. Fences and Ceilings: Schrödinger’s Cat and Other Animals

      • Heinz Post
      Pages 11-14

    4. The Paradoxes of Indicative Conditionals

      • Brian Carr
      Pages 15-19

    5. Pretending to Infer

      • G. B. Keene
      Pages 20-30

    6. The Non-Existence of Probabilistic Inductive Support

      • Karl R. Popper
      Pages 31-41

  3. Knowledge and Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. On Certainty

      • Alice Ambrose
      Pages 45-55

    3. Truth and Status Rerum

      • David E. Cooper
      Pages 56-67

    4. Knowledge and Rationality

      • D. W. Hamlyn
      Pages 68-75

    5. Language and Philosophy: Some Suggestions for Further Reflection

      • John Burbidge
      Pages 76-85

    6. Languageless Creatures and Communication

      • Indira Mahalingam
      Pages 86-94

  4. Thought and Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Locke’s Idea of an Idea

      • Glenn Langford
      Pages 97-105

    3. The Chinese Room Argument: An Exercise in Computational Philosophy of Mind

      • Ajit Narayanan
      Pages 106-118

    4. Free-Will and Determinism

      • A. J. Ayer
      Pages 119-130

    5. Two All-or-Nothing Theories of Freedom

      • John Watkins
      Pages 131-136

    6. Contra Hume: On Making Things Happen

      • Colin B. Wright
      Pages 137-145

  5. People and Things

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

    Indira Mahalingam

  • University of Nottingham, UK

    Brian Carr

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Logical Foundations

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of D. J. O’Connor

  • Editors: Indira Mahalingam, Brian Carr

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21232-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-21234-7Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-21232-3Published: 20 March 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 211

  • Topics: History of Philosophy

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