Alternative Logics. Do Sciences Need Them?

By: Paul A. Weingartner (Editor)

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Hardcover | 17 November 2003

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Initially proposed as rivals of classical logic, alternative logics have become increasingly important in sciences such as quantum physics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. The contributions collected in this volume address and explore the question whether the usage of logic in the sciences, especially in modern physics, requires a deviation from classical mathematical logic. The articles in the first part of the book set the scene by describing the context and the dilemma when applying logic in science. In part II the authors offer several logics that deviate in different ways from classical logics. The twelve papers in part III investigate in detail specific aspects such as quantum logic, quantum computation, computer-science considerations, praxic logic, and quantum probability. Most of the contributions are revised and partially extended versions of papers presented at a conference of the same title of the Acad mie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences held at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Salzburg in May 1999. Others have been added to complete the picture of recent research in alternative logics as they have been developed for applications in the sciences.

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"This is a valuable anthology of invited papers about the role of alternative logics in science, especially physics. ... this is a worthwhile book, especially for those interested in 'the logic' of quantum theory." (Dr. J.N. Butterfield, Contemporary Physics Vol. 46 (1), January - February, 2005)

"Alternative Logics is a panoramic overview of several logics, with an emphasis on the question whether science needs them. ... A physics library could take pride in having a copy of Alternative Logics on its shelves." (F. A. Muller, Europhysics News, Vol. 36 (1), 2005)

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General Topics: Why is it Logical to Admit Several Logics?
Does Metaphysics Need a Non-Classical Logic?
Logic and the Philosophical Interpretation of Science
How Set Theory Impinges on Logic
Geometries and Arithmetics
Remarks on Criteria of Truth and Models in Science
Significant? Not Significant? The Dilemma of Statistical Induction in Scientific Research
Alternative Proposals: Outline of a Paraconsistent Category Theory
Combinatory Logic, Language, and Cognitive Representations
Extending the Realm of Logic. The Adaptive-Logic Programme
Comments on Jaakko Hintikka's Post-Tarskian Truth
Alternative Logics Motivated by Problems of Application to Science: Applied Logics for Computer Science
Stochastic Versus Deterministic Features in Learning Models
Praxic Logics
Reasons from Science for Limiting Classical Logic
The Language of Interpretation in Quantum Physics and Its Logic
Why Objectivist Programs in Quantum Theory Do Not Need an Alternative Logic
Does Quantum Physics Require a New Logic?- Experimental Approach to Quantum-Logical Connectives
From Semantics to Syntax: Quantum Logic of Observables
An Unsharp Quantum Logic from Quantum Computation
Quantum Logic and Quantum Probability
Operator Algebras and Quantum Logic
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