<p><P>The aim of the series <EM>Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science</EM>, of which this is the first volume, is to take up anew the challenge of considering the scientific enterprise in its entirety in light of recent developments in logic and philosophy. Developments in logic are especial
Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
โ Scribed by Shahid Rahman, John Symons, Dov M. Gabbay, Jean Paul van Bendegem
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
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- English
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- 612
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- Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, 1
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