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a view from the limit

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The convergence of scientific knowledge

a view from the limit

The fundamental thesis of The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge: a view from the limit is that knowledge may be characterized by convergence to a correct hypothesis in the limit of empirical scientific inquiry. The primary aim is not to say whether convergence will or will not occur. It is rather to systematically investigate the proposal that such convergence, if it occurs, is descriptive of scientific knowledge from a logical point of view; in brief to provide an epistemology of limiting convergence for both scientific realists and anti-realists. To investigate this convergence proposal a new framework called `modal operator theory' is introduced. Modal operator theory denotes the cocktail obtained by mixing epistemic, alethic, and tense logic in order to study the validity of limiting convergent knowledge. With profound philosophical motivation this book takes both professionals and students of philosophy, logic and computer science for a systematic tour of the knowledge and convergence universe.

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English
Pages
365

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The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge: A View From The Limit
Dec 09, 2010, Hendricks Vincent F, Springer
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The convergence of scientific knowledge: a view from the limit
2001, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Springer
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The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge: A View from the Limit
March 31, 2001, Springer
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-365) and index.

Published in
Dordrecht, Boston
Series
Trends in logic -- v. 9

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
501
Library of Congress
QA9.46 .H46 2001, BD143-237

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxvii, 365 p. :
Number of pages
365

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21801118M
ISBN 10
0792369297
LCCN
2001022543
OCLC/WorldCat
46572974
Wikidata
Q77604592

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