Turkish Studies in the History And Philosophy of Science (Hardcover)

About the Contributors. 1. Gurol Irzik and Guven Guzeldere: Introductory Remarks. 2. Guven Guzeldere: An Interview with Maria Reichenbach and David Kaplan. Part I. Philosophy Of Formal And Physical Sciences. 3. Teo Grunberg: Demarcation of the Logical Constants and Logical Truth in terms of Analyticity. 4. Huseyin Yilmaz: General Theory of Relativity and the 5th Test. 5. Yalcin Koc: Implications of the Geometry of Quantum Mechanical Perfect Correlation Functions Concerning 'Bell's Theorem without Inequalities'. Part II. Epistemological And Methodological Issues In Science. 6. Umit Yalcin: Quine's Robust Relativism. 7. David Grunberg: Confirmation of Theoretical Hypotheses: Bootstrapping with a Bayesian Face. 8. Erdinc Sayan: Idealizations and Approximations in Science, and the Bayesian Theory of Confirmation. 9. Celal Sengor: Repeated Independent Discovery and 'Objective Evidence" in Science: An Example from Geology. 10. Samet Bagce: A Study on the Heuristic of Saccheri's Euclides. Part III. Philosophy Of Language And Mind. 11. Ilhan Inan: Discovery and Inostensible De Re Knowledge. 12. Karanfil Soyhun: Implications of the Semantics and Pragmatics Distinction for Philosophy of Science. 13. Murat Aydede: Computation and Functionalism: Syntactic Theory of Mind Revisited. Part IV. Causes And Action. 14. Arda Denkel: Causation, Parts, and Properties. 15. Sun Demirli: Causal Relations in Hume. 16. Berent Enc: How Causes can Rationalize: Belief-Desire Explanations of Actions. Part V. Ottoman Science Studies. 17. Berna Kilinc: Ottoman Science Studies-A Review. 18. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu: Institutionalization of Sciencein the Medreses of pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Turkey. 19. Osman R. Bahadir and H. Gunhan Danisman: Late Ottoman and Early Republican Science Periodicals: Center and Periphery Relationship in Dissemimation of Knowledge.