Accounts of chemical research / American Chemical Society

• Record Nr.: UNISA990000333590203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington : American Chemical Society, 1968-
• ISSN: 0001-4842
• Descrizione fisica: v. : ill. ; 29 cm
• Disciplina: 540.5
• Soggetti: Chimica -- Periodici
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

Logical empiricism in North America [[electronic resource] /] / Gary L. Hardcastle and Alan W. Richardson, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784113103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-8166-9525-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Collana: Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 18
• Altri autori (Persone): HardcastleGary L; RichardsonAlan W
• Disciplina: 501 s; 146/.42/097
• Soggetti: Logical positivism
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Logical Empiricism in North America; 1. Logical Empiricism, American Pragmatism, and the Fate of Scientific Philosophy in North America; 2. Two Left Turns Make a Right: On the Curious Political Career of North American Philosophy of Science at Midcentury; 3. Hempel and the Vienna Circle; 4. On Herbert Feigl; 5. Edgar Zilsel in ; America; 6. Philipp Frank's History of the Vienna Circle: A Programmatic Retrospective; 7. Debabelizing Science: The Harvard Science of Science Discussion Group, 1940-41; 8. Disunity in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science; 9. Transfer and Transformation of Logical Empiricism: Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects10. The Linguistic Doctrine and Conventionality: The Main Argument in "Carnap and Logical Truth"; 11. Languages and Calculi; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This latest volume in the longest-standing and most influential series in the field of the philosophy of science expands on the discipline's recent turn. These essays take up the historical, sociological, and philosophical questions surrounding the movement of logical empiricism.