Logical empiricism in North America / Gary L. Hardcastle and Alan W. Richardson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hardcastle, Gary L.

Richardson, Alan W.

Series:

Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 18.

Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logical positivism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This latest volume in the longest-standing and most influential series in the field of the philosophy of science expands on the discipline's recent turn. These essays take up the historical, sociological, and philosophical questions surrounding the movement of logical empiricism.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Logical Empiricism in North America; 1. Logical Empiricism, American Pragmatism, and the Fate of Scientific Philosophy in North America; 2. Two Left Turns Make a Right: On the Curious Political Career of North American Philosophy of Science at Midcentury; 3. Hempel and the Vienna Circle; 4. On Herbert Feigl; 5. Edgar Zilsel in America; 6. Philipp Frank's History of the Vienna Circle: A Programmatic Retrospective; 7. Debabelizing Science: The Harvard Science of Science Discussion Group, 1940-41; 8. Disunity in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science

9. Transfer and Transformation of Logical Empiricism: Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects10. The Linguistic Doctrine and Conventionality: The Main Argument in "Carnap and Logical Truth"; 11. Languages and Calculi; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9525-3

OCLC:

476095440