STRUCTURAL RELIABILISM: INDUCTIVE LOGIC AS A THEORY OF JUSTIFICATION
Kawalec, Pawel
ISBN 10: 1402010133 ISBN 13: 9781402010132
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2003
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Octavo, viii, xiv, xv, 190 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's yellow, black and gray cloth bearing black lettering to the spine. Boards have slight plus wear including some soiling scuffs and mild edge wear. Text block has slight plus wear including ex-library information to the edges and to a few interior pages. Previous owner's name to the front end paper. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. 1412664. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1412664
Synopsis:
Kawalec's monograph is a novel defence of the programme of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap in the 1950s and Jaakko Hintikka in the 1960s. It revives inductive logic by bringing out the underlying epistemology. The main strength of the work is its link between inductive logic and contemporary discussions of epistemology. Through this perspective the author succeeds to shed new light on the significance of inductive logic. The resulting structural reliabilist theory propounds the view that justification supervenes on syntactic and semantic properties of sentences as justification-bearers. The claim is made that this sets up a genuine alternative to the prevailing theories of justification. Kawalec substantiates this claim by confronting structural reliabilism with a number of epistemological problems. Kawalec writes in a clear manner, makes his theses and arguments explicit, and gives ample bibliographical references.
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"This monograph is a novel defense of the program of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap in the 1950s and Jaako Hintikka in the 1960s. ... The main strength of the work is its link between inductive logic and contemporary discussions of epistemology. ... He writes in a clear manner, makes his thesis and arguments explicit and gives ample bibliographical references." (International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 34 (3), 2005)
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Bibliographic Details
Title: STRUCTURAL RELIABILISM: INDUCTIVE LOGIC AS A...
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover