Tavanec, and the mathematicians and linguists, S. Among the authors, in addition to Zinov'ev himself, were the philosophers A. During the 1950's, a vigorous new research program in logic was under taken, and the initial published work -characteristic of most Soviet pub lications in the logic and methodology of the sciences - was a collection of essays, Logical Investigations (Moscow, 1959). Hence it may be helpful, in bringing this present work to an English-reading audience, to review briefly some contemporary Soviet investigations into scientific methodology. More over, Zinov'ev, although still a developing scholar, has exerted a sub stantial and stimulating influence upon his colleagues and students in Moscow and within other philosophical and logical circles of the Soviet Union. Zinov'ev is one of the most creative of modern Soviet logicians, and at the same time an innovative worker on the methodological foundations of science. Zi nov'ev's treatise on complex logic among these volumes. Luka siewicz's seminar on mathematicallogi.ĭescription: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science are devoted to symposia, con gresses, colloquia, monographs and collected papers on the philosophical foundations of the sciences. The roots of some of the central ideas in the volume go back to J. Even these could not be roverrd completely, but for each topic I have attempted to present a detailed and precise t'Xposition of several basic results including some which are non-trivial.

Rather than to try to include in the volume as much as possible, I have put emphasis on some selected topics. Still, the subject, as it stands today, cannot br covered in one book of reasonable length.

Although quantificational logic is dealt with briefly in the last chapter, the discussion is chiefly concemed with propo gjtional cakuli. Publisher : Springer Science & Business Mediaĭescription: The general aim of this book is to provide an elementary exposition of some basic concepts in terms of which both classical and non-dassicallogirs may be studied and appraised.

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