Interdisciplinary Works in Logic, Epistemology, Psychology and Linguistics: Dialogue, Rationality, and Formalism

✍ Scribed by Manuel Rebuschi, Martine Batt, Gerhard Heinzmann, Franck Lihoreau, Michel Musiol, Alain Trognon (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 371
• Series: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning 3
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents comparisons of recent accounts in the formalization of natural language (dynamic logics and formal semantics) with informal conceptions of interaction (dialogue, natural logic and attribution of rationality) that have been developed in both psychology and epistemology. There are four parts which explore: historical and systematic studies; the formalization of context in epistemology; the formalization of reasoning in interactive contexts in psychology; the formalization of pathological conversations.

Part one discusses the Erlangen School, which proposed a logical analysis of science as well as an operational reconstruction of psychological concepts. These first chapters provide epistemological and psychological insights into a conceptual reassessment of rational reconstruction from a pragmatic point of view.

The second focus is on formal epistemology, where there has recently been a vigorous contribution from experts in epistemic and doxatic logics and an attempt to account for a more realistic, cognitively plausible conception of knowledge.

The third part of this book examines the meeting point between logic and the human and social sciences and the fourth part focuses on research at the intersection between linguistics and psychology.

Internationally renowned scholars have contributed to this volume, building on the findings and themes relevant to an interdisciplinary scientific project called DiaRaFor (“Dialogue, Rationality, Formalisms”) which was hosted by the MSH Lorraine (Lorraine Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities) from 2007 to 2011.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
General Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Phenomenology, “Grundwissenschaft” and “Ideologiekritik”: Hermann Zeltner’s Critique of the Erlangen school....Pages 11-19
Geometry as a Measurement-Theoretical A Priori: Lorenzen’s Defense of Relativity Against the Ontology of Its Proponents....Pages 21-43
Correspondence Between Evert Willem Beth and Jean Piaget (1951–1955)....Pages 45-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Principles of Knowledge, Belief and Conditional Belief....Pages 97-134
Procedural Information and the Dynamics of Belief....Pages 135-154
Reasoning About Knowledge in Context....Pages 155-179
The Epistemic Closure Principle and the Assessment Sensitivity of Knowledge Attributions....Pages 181-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
From Dialogue to Calculation....Pages 203-218
Dialogue of Rationalities: A Case Study....Pages 219-228
Pragmatics of Veridicity....Pages 229-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Modeling the Dynamic Effects of Discourse: Principles and Frameworks....Pages 247-282
Dialogue Analysis: Pragmatic and Rhetorical Aspects....Pages 283-313
Investigating Discourse Specificities in Schizophrenic Disorders....Pages 315-342
Using SDRT to Analyze Pathological Conversations: Logicality, Rationality, and Pragmatic Deviances....Pages 343-368
Back Matter....Pages 369-372

✦ Subjects

Logic; Semantics; Psychometrics