Reconsidering logical positivism

Reconsidering logical positivism

by Friedman, Michael

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"In this collection of essays, one of the preeminent philosophers of science writing today offers a reinterpretation of the enduring significance of logical positivism, the revolutionary philosophical movement centered around the Vienna Circle in the 1920s and 1930s. Michael Friedman argues that the logical positivists (especially Carnap, Reichenbach, and Schlick) were philosophical revolutionaries, not so much for presenting a new version of empiricism (as often is thought to be the case), but…

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  • Full title :Reconsidering logical positivism / Michael Friedman.

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"In this collection of essays, one of the preeminent philosophers of science writing today offers a reinterpretation of the enduring significance of logical positivism, the revolutionary philosophical movement centered around the Vienna Circle in the 1920s and 1930s. Michael Friedman argues that the logical positivists (especially Carnap, Reichenbach, and Schlick) were philosophical revolutionaries, not so much for presenting a new version of empiricism (as often is thought to be the case), but rather by offering a new conception of a priori knowledge and its role in empirical knowledge."--Jacket

"This collection will be mandatory reading for any philosopher or historian of science interested in the history of logical positivism in particular or the evolution of modern philosophy in general."--Jacket

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1999.

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  • Description:1 online resource (xix, 252 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139173193, 1139173197
  • oclc:ocn817921930
  • LC Classification:Q175
  • Dewey Decimal:501

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Geometry, relativity, and convention. Moritz Schlick's Philosophical papers. Carnap and Weyl on the foundations of geometry and relativity theory. Geometry, convention, and the relativized a priori: Reichenbach, Schlick, and Carnap. Poincaré's conventionalism and the logical positivists -- pt. 2. Der logische Aufbau der Welt. Carnap's Aufbau reconsidered. Epistemology in the Aufbau -- pt. 3. Logico-mathematical truth. Analytic truth in Carnap's Logical syntax of language. Carnap and Wittgenstein's Tractatus. Tolerance and analyticity in Carnap's philosophy of mathematics.

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Subjects

Filosofia da ciência Inteligencia artificial Logical positivism Neopositivismus Positivisme logique Science -- Philosophy

Writers

Friedman, Michael

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