Induction, Physics and Ethics: Proceedings and Discussions of the 1968 Salzburg Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Initial Probabilities: A Prerequisite for any Valid Induction....Pages 3-17
Discussion of Bruno de Finetti’s Paper ‘Initial Probabilities: A Prerequisite for any Valid Induction’....Pages 18-32
Linguistically Invariant Inductive Logic....Pages 33-55
Comments on ‘Linguistically Invariant Inductive Logic’ by Ian Hacking....Pages 56-74
Logical Probability, Mathematical Statistics, and the Problem of Induction....Pages 75-90
Statistics, Induction, and Lawlikeness: Comments on Dr. Vetter’s Paper....Pages 91-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
New Approach to Interpretation Problems of General Relativity by Means of the Splitting-Up-Formalism of Space-Time....Pages 121-136
Comments on Professor Schmutzer’s Paper....Pages 137-139
Simultaneity by Slow Clock Transport in the Special Theory of Relativity....Pages 140-179
Foundations of Quantum Theory Statistical Interpretation....Pages 180-199
Comments on H. J. Groenewold ‘Foundations of Quantum Theory’....Pages 200-219
Intertheory Relations....Pages 220-284
Problems Concerning Intertheory Relations....Pages 285-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
The Moral Responsibility of the Scientist....Pages 329-336
Science and Responsibility....Pages 337-342
The Relation of Modern Scientific Conceptions to the Human Image....Pages 343-349
Science and Ethics....Pages 350-355
Scientists and Ethics — A Case History....Pages 356-358
Modern Science and Social Responsibility....Pages 359-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-384