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 respected figures, several of whom are among the key figures in their fields. Some examples: in foundations of maths and logic (William Lawvere, Peter Aczel, Graham Priest, Giovanni Sambin); analytical philosophy (Michael Dummett, William Demopoulos), philosophy of science (Michael Redhead, Frank Arntzenius), philosophy of mathematics (Michael Hallett, John Mayberry, Daniel Isaacson) and decision theory and foundations of economics (Ken Bimore). Most articles are contributions to current philosophical debates, but contributions also include some new mathematical results, important historical surveys, and a translation by Wilfrid Hodges of a key work of arabic logic.
| ISBN: | 9789400735682 |
| Publication date: | 21st April 2013 |
| Author: | David DeVidi, Michael Hallett, Peter Clark |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 486 pages |
| Series: | The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: logic Mathematical logic Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge History of mathematics Philosophy of science Mathematical foundations |