Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Vintage Enthusiasms Essays in Honour of John L. Bell /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: DeVidi, David (Editor), Hallett, Michael (Editor), Clarke, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 75
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Logic.; Metaphysics.; Philosophy and science.; Mathematics.; History.; Mathematical logic.; Philosophy of Science.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

The volume includes twenty-five research papers presented as gifts to John L. Bell to celebrate his 60th birthday by colleagues, former students, friends and admirers. Like Bell’s own work, the contributions cross boundaries into several inter-related fields. The contributions are new work by highly...

Table of Contents:

• I History and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
• II Truth and Paradox
• III Logic, Set Theory and Category Theory
• IV Philosophy of Science
• V Decision Theory and Epistemology
• VI Aesthetics Index of Names Publications of J.L. Bell.