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H. Atmanspacher, Institut für Grenzgebiete der M. Dascal, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Ed .) C. Dilworth, Uppsala University, Sweden Psychologie und Psychohygiene e . V ., Freiburg, ; H. Primas, Küsnacht, Switzerland (Eds .) Leibniz: What Kind of Scientific Progress Recasting Reality Rationalist? A Study Concerning the Nature of the Relation Between Successive Scientific Wolfgang Pauli’s Philosophical Ideas and Theories Contemporary Science Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was an outstanding contributor to many fields of human . The historiography of philosophy has tagged Kuhn and Feyerabend formulated the problem. Wolfgang Pauli was not only one of the most him as a “rationalist”. But what does this exactly Dilworth provides the solution. influential physicists of the 20th century: His huge mean? Is he a “rationalist” in the same sense in In this highly original and insightful book, Craig correspondence and unpublished manuscripts also and Politics, in and Juris- Dilworth answers all the questions raised by the demonstrate his deep interest in questions beyond prudence, in and , in incommensurability thesis. Logical physics. and , in Technology and , cannot account for theory conflict. Popperianism This volume explores the relevance of Pauli’s in and ? What are the most cannot account for how one theory is a progres- visionary ideas with respect to several topics in significant features of his “”, whatever sion beyond another. Dilworth’s Perspectivist science and philosophy that are of great contempo- it is? conception of science does both. rary interest: the role of symmetries in theoretical For the first time an outstanding group of Leibniz While remaining within the bounds of classical science; dual-aspect approaches to the mind-brain researchers, some acknowledged as leading , Dilworth does away with problem; the tension between psychological and scholars, others in the beginning of a promising the logicism of his competitors. On the Perspec- physical time; the nature of creative activity and career, who specialize in the most significant areas tivist view theory conflict is not , and the origin of mathematical insight; and adap- of Leibniz’s contributions to human thought and theory superiority does not consist in deductive tive mutations and epigenetics in . Today action, were requested to spell out the nature subsumption or set-theoretic inclusion. Here the we are in a position to appreciate how relevant of his rationalism in each of these areas, with a relation between theories is analogous to the appli- Pauli’s work and speculations have turned out to view to provide a comprehensive picture of what cation of individual concepts, and the question of be. This book, authored by a team of internation- it amounts to, both in its general drive and in its theory superiority becomes one of relative applica- ally renowned experts, provides material and specific features and eventual inner tensions. bility. In this way Dilworth succeeds in providing a suggests directions for future studies of a variety conception of science in which scientific progress of deep-seated and open problems, in particular Features is based on both rational and empirical consider- concerning the relation between mind and matter. 7 A new global picture of Leibniz’s ‘rationalism’ ations. emerges in this book, a picture that comprises Features many aspects hitherto overlooked 7 Each chapter Features 7 Explores the borderlands between mind and contributes to a better understanding of Leibniz’s 7 Provides the only solution to the problem of the physical world 7 Contains new ideas about conception and use of in each field scientific progress that accounts for both conflict the role of consciousness 7 Perennial ideas in and progress 7 Introduces a completely new, philosophy revisited with the help of an “Old Fields of interest non-relativistic philosophy of science 7 Provides Master” Modern Philosophy; History of Science; Ethics a deep but concise critical overview of the whole of twentieth-century philosophy of science Fields of interest Target groups 7 Expresses the most sophisticated form of Philosophy of Science; Physics, general; Philosophers; Leibniz scholars, researchers, perspectivism in philosophy Evolutionary Biology teachers, students; historians of philosophy and of ideas (especially 17th and 18th centuries); histo- Fields of interest Target groups rians of science, of mathematics, of , of religion, Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Metaphysics Scientists, philosophers, interested laypersons, of ethics; moral philosophers, logicians, argumen- libraries tation theorists Target groups Philosophers of science; students studying Type of publication Type of publication philosophy of science Monograph Contributed volume Type of publication Discount group Discount group Monograph P P Discount group P

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law , Social Sciences and Law Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Due October 2008 Due October 2008 Due November 2008 2008 . XX, 532 p . 2 illus . (Logic, Epistemology, and the 4th ed . 2009 . XVIII, 306 p . (Synthese Library, Volume 153) 2009 . Approx . 360 p . 20 illus . Hardcover Unity of Science, Volume 13) Hardcover Softcover 7 $79.95 7 $319.00 7 approx. $59.95 ISBN 978-3-540-85197-4 ISBN 978-1-4020-8667-0 ISBN 978-1-4020-9108-7 springer.com/librarybooks Springer News 10/2008 Philosophy 125

P. Pagliani, Group on Knowledge and M. Schemmel, Max Planck Institute for the History of A. van Rees, University of Amsterdam, Models, Rome, Italy; Science, Berlin, Germany The M. Chakraborty, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India The English Galileo Dissociation in Argumentative A Geometry of Approximation Thomas Harriot’s Work on Motion as an Discussions Example of Preclassical Mechanics A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective Rough : Logic, and Topology of Conceptual Patterns The short series The Historical Epistemology of Dissociation is a pervasive argumentative Mechanics presents the long-term development technique that can be found in argumentative A Geometry of Approximation addresses Rough of mechanical knowledge. The books in this series discussions from all realms of public and private Set Theory, a field of interdisciplinary research first combine the presentation of a broad selection life. Up till now, a comprehensive and systematic proposed by Zdzislaw Pawlak in 1982, and focuses of relevant sources with in-depth analyses of the argumentation theoretical study of dissociation mainly on its logic-algebraic . The long-term development of mechanical knowledge does not exist. This book aims to fill this gap. theory is embedded in a broader perspective that focusing on the early modern period. This series is The treatment in this book, in several respects, is includes logical and mathematical methodologies conceived in to the four-volume series on innovative. To begin with, so far, dissociation has pertaining to the theory, as well as related episte- The Genesis of General Relativity (BSPS 250). been studied mainly from a monologual orienta- mological issues. Any mathematical technique that The English Galileo, the first book in this series, tion. This book specifically focuses on dialogual is introduced in the book is preceded by logical investigates the shared knowledge of preclassical aspects of the use of dissociation in argumentative and epistemological explanations. Intuitive justi- mechanics by relating the work of Thomas Harriot discussions. In the second place, extant studies fications are also provided, insofar as possible, so on motion, documented by a wealth of manu- deal primarily with examples of dissociation from that the general perspective is not lost. scripts, to that of Galileo and other contempo- the philosophical and literary spheres or from the Such an approach endows the present treatise with raries. political arena. This book discusses a great variety a unique character. Due to this uniqueness in the Harriot and Galileo indeed exploited the same of examples, many from every-day contexts, from treatment of the subject, the book will be useful to shared knowledge resources in order to approach such sources as newspapers, television shows, researchers, graduate and pre-graduate students the same challenging objects. websites, Parliamentary Reports, and ordinary from various disciplines, such as computer science, conversations. Last, but not least, the present book mathematics and philosophy. It features an impres- Features examines a broad range of features of dissociation. sive number of examples supported by about 40 7 First book in small unique series on The tables and 230 figures. Historical Epistemology of Mechanics 7 Has Features received two distinguished awards, the Junior 7 Systematic treatment of the uses of dissociation Features Scholar Award of the Georg Agricola Society 7 Wealth of examples, selected from different 7 Provides a full and detailed overview of all and the Georg Uschmann Award of the German cultures and types of situation 7 Exploration aspects of Rough Set Theory 7 The first book to National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina of both dialectical and rhetorical dimensions of place Rough Set Theory in a broad historical and dissociation 7 Embedded in a clear and well- applied setting 7 Provides the theoretical basis Fields of interest used theoretical framework 7 Includes case and strong examples of the of Rough Sets for Philosophy of Science; History of Science study illustrating the practical significance of the datamining and machine learning approach Target groups Fields of interest Conceived and written to meet the interest of the Fields of interest Logic; Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Struc- scholars of history of science and scholars of the Logic; Applied Linguistics tures early modern period Target groups Target groups Type of publication All scholars and students of argumentation theory, Post-degree students, PhD students and Monograph , speech communication, and philosophy, researchers of philosophy, mathematics, computer and all others who are interested in the devices science and logic, undergraduate students Discount group that language users use to persuade and convince P their audiences Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Monograph Discount group P Discount group P

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Due October 2008 Due October 2008 Due November 2008 2008 . Approx . 735 p . (Boston Studies in the Philosophy 2008 . LXXXII, 706 p . (Trends in Logic, Volume 27) of Science, Volume 268) (In 2 volumes, not available 2009 . Approx . 120 p . (Argumentation Library, Hardcover separately) Dustjacket Volume 13) Hardcover 7 $469.00 7 $239.00 7 approx. $129.00 ISBN 978-1-4020-8621-2 ISBN 978-1-4020-5498-3 ISBN 978-1-4020-9149-0