Logical positivism an American history Sander Verhaegh

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verhaegh, Sander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logical positivism--History--20th century.

Logical positivism.

Philosophy, American--20th century.

Philosophy, American.

Logical positivism--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

'Logical Positivism' tells the remarkable story of a group of European philosophers and scientists who fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Drawing on extensive archival materials, it traces the conflicted reception of their ideas - at once hailed as a model of scientific clarity and yet condemned as a sterile and reductive approach to philosophy. Rather than treating logical positivism as a purely European export, this book argues that it was a product of transatlantic exchange. It reconstructs the rise of an American network of scientists and philosophers whose ideas were defined by 20th-century revolutions in logic and modern physics; and it shows how their encounters with European migrs helped shape a new 'analytic' style of philosophy that has dominated the field ever since

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197537992

0197537995

OCLC:

1604039137

Publisher Number:

CIPO000418674

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license