Referee's comment: 'This book will be a rewarding reading for everybody who is interested in logical aspects of scientific knowledge acquisition. The presentation of the issues discussed in the book is exemplary. ...I hardly could mention another book in which various philosophical viewpoints on the nature of scientific inquiry are discussed in such a consistent but at the same time instructive and accurate way. ...I am quite sure that Hendricks' approach to the problems he studies is of considerable interest for anybody who is interested in forming a good theoretical model of growth of science.'

• 1. Introduction.- I The Philosophy of Convergence.- 2. Knowledge, Method and Reliability.- 3. Knowledge and Skepticism.- 4. The Epistemology of Convergence.- II Modal Operator Theory.- 5. The Ontology of Convergence.- 6. Science and Setup.- 7. Two Relations of Correctness.- 8. Methods and Methodology.- 9. Forcing.- 10.Definitions of Knowledge.- 11.Modal Formalization.- 12. Systems for Convergent Knowledge.- 13. Knowledge in Time.- 14.Forcing, Convergence—and Method.- 15. Transmissibility.- III Convergence in Sum.- 16. Knowledge in the End.- Appendices.- List of Axioms, Propositions and Theorems.- Additional Proofs.- Resources.- D.1 Published Resources.- D.2 WWW-Resources.- Nomenclature.- References.

Referee's comment: 'This book will be a rewarding reading for everybody who is interested in logical aspects of scientific knowledge acquisition. The presentation of the issues discussed in the book is exemplary. ...I hardly could mention another book in which various philosophical viewpoints on the nature of scientific inquiry are discussed in such a consistent but at the same time instructive and accurate way. ...I am quite sure that Hendricks' approach to the problems he studies is of considerable interest for anybody who is interested in forming a good theoretical model of growth of science.'

• 1. Introduction.- I The Philosophy of Convergence.- 2. Knowledge, Method and Reliability.- 3. Knowledge and Skepticism.- 4. The Epistemology of Convergence.- II Modal Operator Theory.- 5. The Ontology of Convergence.- 6. Science and Setup.- 7. Two Relations of Correctness.- 8. Methods and Methodology.- 9. Forcing.- 10.Definitions of Knowledge.- 11.Modal Formalization.- 12. Systems for Convergent Knowledge.- 13. Knowledge in Time.- 14.Forcing, Convergence—and Method.- 15. Transmissibility.- III Convergence in Sum.- 16. Knowledge in the End.- Appendices.- List of Axioms, Propositions and Theorems.- Additional Proofs.- Resources.- D.1 Published Resources.- D.2 WWW-Resources.- Nomenclature.- References.

Referee's comment: 'This book will be a rewarding reading for everybody who is interested in logical aspects of scientific knowledge acquisition. The presentation of the issues discussed in the book is exemplary. ...I hardly could mention another book in which various philosophical viewpoints on the nature of scientific inquiry are discussed in such a consistent but at the same time instructive and accurate way. ...I am quite sure that Hendricks' approach to the problems he studies is of considerable interest for anybody who is interested in forming a good theoretical model of growth of science.'

• 1. Introduction.- I The Philosophy of Convergence.- 2. Knowledge, Method and Reliability.- 3. Knowledge and Skepticism.- 4. The Epistemology of Convergence.- II Modal Operator Theory.- 5. The Ontology of Convergence.- 6. Science and Setup.- 7. Two Relations of Correctness.- 8. Methods and Methodology.- 9. Forcing.- 10.Definitions of Knowledge.- 11.Modal Formalization.- 12. Systems for Convergent Knowledge.- 13. Knowledge in Time.- 14.Forcing, Convergence—and Method.- 15. Transmissibility.- III Convergence in Sum.- 16. Knowledge in the End.- Appendices.- List of Axioms, Propositions and Theorems.- Additional Proofs.- Resources.- D.1 Published Resources.- D.2 WWW-Resources.- Nomenclature.- References.