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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DANA S SCOTT Department of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A Professor Frolov, Distinguished Guests, Esteemed Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to greet you as President on the opening of the 8th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science There are many people who deserve thanks for doing all the work that such a congress takes First and foremost, I want especially to thank the Chairman of the Soviet Organizing Committee, Professor Ivan T Frolov, and his many colleagues and co-workers on the Committee for undertaking the organization of this Congress and for carrying out the work so successfully Next I must thank the Chairman of the Program Committee, Professor Jens-Erik Fenstad, and the other members of this Committee for the care and interest they have taken in organizing the sections and choosing invited speakers Also, I wish to give very warm thanks to both the Secretary of the Executive Committee, Professor Risto Hilpinen, and the Treasurer, Professor Helmut Pfeiffer, for all the complex correspondence and details of administration which they have executed so responsibly You can hear their full reports at the General Assembly, which will take place on Tuesday at 15:00h in this hall I wish additionally to thank all the National Committees, who have also had very much labor in obtaining and disbursing funds for the speakers and contributors to be able to attend the Congress, and of course I thank the speakers and participants for making the effort to come here This Congress is perhaps the most significant activity of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science Its organization requires three full years or more, and the work does not stop after the Congress: the members of the Organization Committee, the Program Committee and the Executive Committee have to arrange the publication of the