Contents
Historical Essays
I. Cosmic Evolution in Anaximander
II. Aristotle's Theory of Modal Syllogisms and Its Interpretation
III. Three Post-Aristotelian Concepts of Syllogistic Logic
IV. The Concpt of Nonexistent Possibles
V. Choice Without Preference: A Study of the History and of the Logic of Problem of "Buridan's Ass"
VI. Logical Difficulties in Leibniz' Metaphysics
VII. A Argument of Hume's
VIII. The Revolt Against Process in Recent Philosphy
Systematic Essays
IX. The Problem of Uniqueness in History
X. Evidence in History and in the Law
XI. The Dimensions of Metaphysics
XII. A New Look at the Problem of Innate Ideas
XIII. Truth and Necessity in Temporal Perspective
XIV. Pragmatic Justification: A Cautionary Tale
XV. The Illegitimacy of Cartesian Doubt
XVI. Translation as a tool of Philosophical Analysis
XVII. The Concept of Control
XVIII. A Philosopher Looks at Welfare Economics
XIX. A Problem in the Theory of Estimation
XX. Descrete State Systems, Markov Chains, amd Problems in the Theory of Scientific Explanation and Prediction
Index of Names
Subject Index