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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784372903321

Titolo

Origins of logical empiricism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ronald N. Giere and Alan W. Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1996

ISBN

0-8166-8756-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

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

Altri autori (Persone)

GiereRonald N

RichardsonAlan W

Disciplina

501

501 s

501 s146.42

Soggetti

Logical positivism

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references  and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.