In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science Volume

This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and

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SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Managing Editor:

JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, U.S.A.

Editors: DIRK VAN DALEN, University af Utrecht, The Netherlands DONALD DAVIDSON, University af California, Berkeley, U.S.A. THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. JAN WOLENSKI, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Paland

VOLUME 316

IN THE SCOPE OF LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Volume Two of the 11 th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Cracow, August 1999 edited by

PETER OARDENFORS Lund University, Lund, Sweden

JAN WOLENSKI iagiellonian Un iversity, Cracow, Poland

and

KATARZYNA KIJANIA-PLACEK i agiellonian Un iversity, Cracow, Poland

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SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-90-481-6145-4 ISBN 978-94-017-0475-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-0475-5

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Contents

XI

PHILOSOPHY OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biology and the Possible Claude Debru

373

On Genetic Infonnation and Genetic Coding Peter Godfrey-Smith

387

XII PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 403

Architecture-Based Conceptions of Mind Aaron Sloman XIII

PHILOSOPHY OF LINGUISTICS

Linguistics as a System of Distinct Types of Ontology-cum-methodology Esa Itkonen XIV

431

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Philosophy and the Social Sciences Margaret Gilbert

445

Assessing Game-Theoretic Explanations in the Social Sciences Harold Kincaid

457

In Defense of Mental Representation Barbara Von Eckardt

471

XV

ETHICS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Situated Knowledge and the Interplay of Value Judgments and Evidence in Scientific Inquiry Elizabeth Anderson

497

The Ways in Which the Sciences Are and Are Not Value Free Hugh Lacey

519

Scientific Controversy and the Public Face of Science Helen E. Longino

533

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vi XVI HISTORY OF LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Incommensurability and Empirical Comparability: The Case of the Phlogiston Theory Martin Carrier A Century ofInference: 1837-1936 Goran Sundholm

551 565

XVII PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE Historical Ontology Ian Hacking

583

SPECIAL ·SYMPOSIUM:

A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Carnap and Kuhn: a Belated Encounter GUrollrzik Philosoph