Logical empiricism as scientific philosophy / Alan W. Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Alan W., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in philosophy of science.

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science 2517-7273

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logical positivism.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This Element offers a new account of the philosophical significance of logical empiricism that relies on the past forty years of literature reassessing the project. It argues that while logical empiricism was committed to empiricism and did become tied to the trajectory of analytic philosophy, neither empiricism nor logical analysis per se was the deepest philosophical commitment of logical empiricism. That commitment was, rather, securing the scientific status of philosophy, bringing philosophy into a scientific conception of the world.

Contents:

Logical Empiricism: Reframing Its Philosophical Significance

What Is Logical Empiricism? A First Account

The Received Significance of Logical Empiricism

Rethinking the Significance of Logical Empiricism

Logical Empiricism As Scientific Philosophy: Evidence and Background

Some Evidence

Scientific Philosophy in Germany and Austria in the Twentieth Century

Scientific Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy

Logical Empiricism As Scientific Philosophy

Logical Empiricist Scientific Philosophy: Consequences and Legacies

The Ethos of Logical Empiricist Scientific Philosophy

The Social Function of Logical Empiricist Scientific Philosophy

Historiography of Philosophy: Taking Scientific Philosophy Seriously

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009471503

1009471503

9781009471480

1009471481

9781009471497

100947149X

OCLC:

1420168550