Origins Of Logical Empiricism [electronic resource] / edited by Ronald N. Giere and Alan W. Richardson.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.

Series:

Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 16.
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 16

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (401 p.)

Subjects:

Logical positivism.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

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 (p. 355-377) and indexes.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Richardson, Alan W.
Giere, Ronald N.

ISBN:

0-8166-8756-0

OCLC:

236342874

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