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PREFACE This volume constitutes the Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science The Congress was held at Moscow University, USSR, from August 17 to August 22, 1987, under the auspices of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science The Congress was sponsored by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR It was organized by its Local Organizing Committee in close cooperation with its Programme Committee and the Executive Committee of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science The scientific programme of the Congress was drawn up by the Programme Committee together with 13 Advisory Committees which corresponded to the 13 Sections of the Congress (Sectional Committees) (A list of the members of the various committees is appended to this Preface.) The 13 Sections of the Congress were as follows: Foundations of mathematical reasoning Model theory Foundations of computing and recursion theory Set theory General logic General methodology of science Foundations of probability and statistical inference Foundations of physical sciences Foundations of biological sciences 10 Foundations of psychology and cognitive sciences 11 Foundations of social sciences 12 Foundations of linguistics 13 History of logic, methodology and philosophy of science Each Section comprised a few invited addresses as well as a large number of contributed papers In addition to the Sections, the programme included the Inaugural Address by Academician V.N Fedoseyev and two Intersectional Symposia, “New Patterns of Explanation in Science” and “Science and Ethics” This volume contains only the invited