Contents

Evandro Agazzi Philosopher.................................................................................... 1

Fabio Minazzi

Part I General Philosophy of Science

The Perspectivist Conception of Science.................................................................

Craig Dilworth

Science and Operationality.................................................................................... 27

Marco Buzzoni

The Issue of Scientific Realism............................................................................... 45

Mario Alai

Scientific Progress.................................................................................................. 65

Vincenzo Fano and Giovanni Macchia

Part II Philosophy of the Special Sciences

Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics......................................................... 81

Marco Borga

Artificial Intelligence............................................................................................. 91

Mariano L. Bianca

Philosophy of Physics and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics........................ 105

Gino Tarozzi

From Physics to Sociology.................................................................................... 121

Giuliano Di Bernardo

Between Education and Pedagogy........................................................................ 135

Giuseppe Bertagna

Part III Logic, Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic.................................................................. 153

Pierluigi Graziani

The Issue of Alethic Logic.................................................................................... 163

Antonio Livi

Interpretation and Hermeneutical Judgment....................................................... 179

Jure Zovko

Philosophy of Language and Mind.......................................................................

Carlo Penco

Part IV Anthropology, History and Culture

Philosophical Anthropology................................................................................. 205

Matteo Negro

Science, Historicity and Complexity..................................................................... 217

Giuseppe Gembillo

History of Science, Epistemology, and Ontology................................................... 231

Flavia Marcacci

Contributions to Latin-American Philosophy....................................................... 243

Lourdes Velazquez

Part V Metaphysics, Ethics and Religion

Metaphysics and Ontology................................................................................... 261

Paolo Musso

The Autonomy of Science in a Systems Theoretic Approach................................ 281

Alfredo Marcos

Ethical Reflections on Science and Technology............................................... 293

Boris Yudin

Bioethics............................................................................................................... 307

Gonzalo Miranda

Religious Faith, Natural Science, and Metaphysics............................................... 317

Juan Jose Sanguineti

Author Index....................................................................................................... 333