Essays in logic and ontology / / edited by Jacek Malinowski and Andrzej Pietruszczak.

• Superior document: Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume 91
• TeilnehmendeR: Malinowski, Jacek,; Pietruszczak, Andrzej,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, 2006.; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 91.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 pages).

The aim of this book is to present essays centered upon the subjects of Formal Ontology and Logical Philosophy. The idea of investigating philosophical problems by means of logical methods was intensively promoted in Torun by the Department of Logic of Nicolaus Copernicus University during last decade. Another aim of this book is to present to the philosophical and logical audience the activities of the Torunian Department of Logic during this decade. The papers in this volume contain the results concerning Logic and Logical Philosophy, obtained within the confines of the projects initiated by the Department of Logic and other research projects in which the Torunian Department of Logic took part.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Jacek Malinowski and Andrzej Pietruszczak -- EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION LOGIC IN TORUN: 1992–2003 / Jacek Malinowski and Andrzej Pietruszczak -- CROSSROADS OF LOGIC AND ONTOLOGY: A MODAL-COMBINATORIAL ANALYSIS OF WHY THERE IS SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING / Dale Jacquette -- AN ONTO-NOMOLOGICAL THEORY OF MODALITY / Uwe Meixner -- THE ONTOLOGY OF WHAT IS NOT THERE / Roberto Poli -- CONTRADICTION AND CONTRARIETY. PRIEST ON NEGATION / Heinrich Wansing -- MOORE PROBLEMS IN FULL DYNAMIC DOXASTIC LOGIC / Krister Segerberg -- ON THE FORMALIZATION OF STRAWSON’S PRESUPPOSITION / Jacek Malinowski -- THE CONCEPT OF “SOCIAL RELATIONS” IN CLASSIC ANALYTICAL INTERPRETATIVE SOCIOLOGY: WEBER AND ZNANIECKI / Janusz Mucha -- ON APPLICATIONS OF TRUTH-VALUE CONNECTIVES FOR TESTING ARGUMENTS WITH NATURAL CONNECTIVES / Andrzej Pietruszczak -- TRANSLATING FROM ŁUKASIEWICZ’S LOGICS INTO CLASSICAL LOGIC: IS IT POSSIBLE? / Itala M. Loffredo D’Ottaviano and Hércules Araujo Feitosa -- MODAL TABLEAUX FOR REASONING ABOUT DIAGRAMS / Luis Fariñas del Cerro and Olivier Gasquet -- NARROWING DOWN SUSPICION IN INCONSISTENT PREMISE SETS / Diderik Batens -- DISCUSSIVE ADAPTIVE LOGICS: HANDLING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES / Joke Meheus -- ABSURDITY AS UNARY OPERATOR / Sergei P. Odintsov -- A WORLD OF EXPERIENCES, AN ADEQUATE LANGUAGE, AND SELF-REFERENCE REVISED / Guido Vanackere -- FROM INTUITIONISTIC LOGIC TO DYNAMIC OPERATIONAL QUANTUM LOGIC / Sonja Smets -- ARE THERE ONTOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS? / Erik Weber -- FORMAL AND EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF SUBJECT AND PROPERTIES / Marek Rosiak -- THE METAPHYSICAL REALISM DEBATE: WHAT IS AT STAKE? / Tadeusz Szubka -- AN OUTLINE OF THE ANSELMIAN THEORY OF GOD / Tomasz Jarmużek , Maciej Nowicki and Andrzej Pietruszczak -- PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY: MAIN TRENDS AND DOCTRINES / Roman Murawski -- INDEPENDENCE AND JUSTIFICATION IN MATHEMATICS / Krzysztof Wójtowicz and Andrzej Pietruszczak -- DO QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ALWAYS POSSESS DEFINITE PROPERTIES DICTATED BY THEIR STATES? / Tomasz Bigaj -- TWO NOTIONS OF THE INTERNAL AND GOLDMAN’S EPISTEMIC EXTERNALISM / Renata Ziemińska -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Jacek Malinowski and Andrzej Pietruszczak.