''Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy and Psychology'' is a

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publishing research in all areas of

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established in 1935 by Åke Petzäll ( sv). It is published quarterly by

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on behalf of Stiftelsen Theoria. The current

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. ''Theoria'' publishes articles, reviews, and shorter notes and discussions.

Editors

Notable articles

Among the contributions to philosophy, logic, and mathematics first published in ''Theoria'' are: *

Carl Gustav Hempel Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel (January 8, 1905 – November 9, 1997) was a German writer, philosopher, logician, and epistemologist. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th-century movement in the philosophy of science. He is espec ...

, Le problème de la vérité, ''Theoria'' 3, 1937, 206–244. ( Hempel's confirmation paradoxes) *

Ernst Cassirer Ernst Alfred Cassirer ( , ; July 28, 1874 – April 13, 1945) was a German philosopher. Trained within the Neo-Kantian Marburg School, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science. Aft ...

, Was ist "Subjektivismus"?, ''Theoria'' 5, 1939, 111–140. *

Alf Ross Alf Niels Christian Ross (10 June 1899 – 17 August 1979) was a Danish jurist, legal philosopher and judge of the European Court of Human Rights (1959–1971). He is best known as one of the leading figures of Scandinavian legal realism. His de ...

, Imperatives and Logic, ''Theoria'' 7, 1941, 53–71. ( Ross' deontic paradox) *

Georg Henrik von Wright Georg Henrik von Wright (; 14 June 1916 – 16 June 2003) was a Finnish philosopher. Biography G. H. von Wright was born in Helsinki on 14 June 1916 to Tor von Wright and his wife Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan. On the retirement of Ludwig Wittgenste ...

, The Paradoxes of Confirmation, ''Theoria'' 31, 1965, 255–274. *

Per Lindström Per "Pelle" Lindström (9 April 1936 – 21 August 2009, Gothenburg) ASLbr>Newsletter September 2009 was a Swedish logician, after whom Lindström's theorem and the Lindström quantifier are named. (He also independently discovered Ehrenfeucht– ...

, First Order Predicate Logic with Generalized Quantifiers, ''Theoria'' 32, 1966, 186–195. (

Lindström quantifier In mathematical logic, a Lindström quantifier is a generalized polyadic quantifier. Lindström quantifiers generalize first-order quantifiers, such as the existential quantifier, the universal quantifier, and the counting quantifiers. They were ...

s) * Per Lindström, On Extensions of Elementary Logic, ''Theoria'' 35, 1969, 1–11. (

Lindström's theorem In mathematical logic, Lindström's theorem (named after Swedish logician Per Lindström, who published it in 1969) states that first-order logic is the '' strongest logic'' (satisfying certain conditions, e.g. closure under classical negation) h ...

) *

Richard Montague Richard Merritt Montague (September 20, 1930 – March 7, 1971) was an American mathematician and philosopher who made contributions to mathematical logic and the philosophy of language. He is known for proposing Montague grammar to formalize th ...

, Universal Grammar, ''Theoria'' 36, 1970, 373–398. ( Montague's universal grammar) *

Michael Ruse Michael Ruse (born 21 June 1940) is a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcatio ...

, The Revolution in Biology, ''Theoria'' 36, 1970, 1–22. *

Charles Leonard Hamblin Charles Leonard Hamblin (20 November 1922 – 14 May 1985) was an Australian philosopher, logician, and computer pioneer, as well as a professor of philosophy at the New South Wales University of Technology (now the University of New South Wales) ...

, Mathematical models of dialogue. ''Theoria'' 37, 1971, 130–155. * David Lewis, Are We Free to Break the Laws?, ''Theoria'' 47, 1981, 113–121. * Carlos E. Alchourrón & David Makinson, On the Logic of Theory Change: Contraction Functions and their Associated Revision Functions, ''Theoria'' 48, 1982, 14–37. * W.V. Quine, Assuming Objects, ''Theoria'' 60, 1994, 171–183. * Donald Davidson, On Quine's Philosophy, ''Theoria'' 60, 1994, 184–192. * Donald Davidson & W.V. Quine, Exchange Between Donald Davidson and W.V. Quine Following Davidson's Lecture, ''Theoria'' 60, 1994, 226–231. *

Michael Dummett Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He wa ...

, Bivalence and Vagueness, ''Theoria'' 61, 1995, 201–216. * Lars Bergström, Reflections on Consequentialism, ''Theoria'' 62, 1996, 74–94. * David Lewis, Rights to Rights, ''Theoria'' 69, 2003, 160–165. *

Saul Kripke Saul Aaron Kripke (; November 13, 1940 – September 15, 2022) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. He was a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and emerit ...

, Frege's Theory of Sense and Reference: Some Exegetical Notes, ''Theoria'' 74, 2008, 181–218.

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