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Origins of logical empiricism / edited by Ronald N. Giere and Alan W. Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 16.
- Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logical positivism.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This latest volume in the eminent Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science series examines the main features of the intellectual milieu from which logical empiricism sprang, providing the first critical exploration of this context by authors within the Anglo-American analytic tradition of philosophy.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction: Origins of Logical Empiricism; PART I: THE CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT; PART II: SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, AND SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY; PART III: LOGIC, MATHEMATICS, AND PHILOSOPHY; PART IV: EXPERIENCE, EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND EMPIRICISM; PART V: AFTERWORD; Bibliography; Contributors; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8756-0
- OCLC:
- 236342874
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