Existence and explanation

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Existence and explanation

essays presented in honor of Karel Lambert

edited byWolfgang Spohn Brian Skyrms Bas C. van Fraassen

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On (the x) (x = lambert) Bas C. van Fraassen

pp.1-18

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Five easy pieces Ermanno Bencivenga

pp.19-24

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The cartesian cogitos Gordon Brittan

pp.25-38

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Undefined definite descriptions Charles Daniels

pp.39-44

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Maximum entropy updating and conditionalization Daniel Hunter

pp.45-57

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Leibniz on ens and existence Wolfgang Lenzen

pp.59-75

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Colours, corners and complexity

Meinong and Wittgenstein on some internal relations

Kevin Mulligan

pp.77-101

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Atomic sentences as singular terms in free logic Terence Parsons

pp.103-113

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Epr-situation and Bell's inequality Erhard Scheibe

pp.115-129

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On being spread out in time

temporal parts and the problem of change

Peter Simons

pp.131-147

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Stability and chance Brian Skyrms

pp.149-163

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A reason for explanation

explanations provide stable reasons

Wolfgang Spohn

pp.165-196

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The systems of Plato and Aristotle compared as to their contributions to physics Jules Vuillemin

pp.197-206

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A note on Aristotle's theory of definition and scientific explanation Paul Weingartner

pp.207-217

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Actualism, free logic and first-order supervaluations Peter W. Woodruff

pp.219-231

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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 1991

Pages: 247

ISBN (hardback): 978-94-010-5430-0

ISBN (digital): 978-94-011-3244-2

Full citation:

Spohn Wolfgang, Skyrms Brian, van Fraassen Bas C (1991) Existence and explanation: essays presented in honor of Karel Lambert. Dordrecht, Springer.