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Exact thinking in demented times : the Vienna Circle and the epic quest for the foundations of science / Karl Sigmund.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sigmund, Karl, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy--History--20th century.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- History.
- Vienna circle.
- Logical positivism.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First United States edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- The philosophy of science between the two world wars, 1920s-1930s.
- Contents:
- 1 Bringing the Vienna Circle into Focus 1
- 2 A Tale of Two Thinkers 9
- 3 A Trial Run for the Vienna Circle 40
- 4 The Circle Starts Rolling 74
- 5 The Turn of the Circle 111
- 6 The Circle Makes a Name for Itself 138
- 7 Tangents 165
- 8 The Parallel Circle 199
- 9 The Circle Squeezed 235
- 10 Moral Matters 262
- 11 The Circle's End 287
- 12 Circling the Globe 324
- 13 Fadeout 355.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-430) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465096954
- 0465096956
- OCLC:
- 982093619
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