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Human knowledge : a classic statement of logical empiricism / / Eino Kaila ; edited by Juha Manninen, Ilkka Niiniluoto and George A. Reisch ; translated by Anssi Korhonen



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Autore: Kaila Eino <1890-1958, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Human knowledge : a classic statement of logical empiricism / / Eino Kaila ; edited by Juha Manninen, Ilkka Niiniluoto and George A. Reisch ; translated by Anssi Korhonen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, Illinois : , : Open Court, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
Disciplina: 121
Soggetto topico: Logical positivism
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): ManninenJuha
NiiniluotoIlkka
ReischGeorge A.
KorhonenAnssi
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editors' Introduction: Eino Kaila, Logical Empiricist; Preface by Eino Kaila; PART I. THEORY FORMATION; 1. Search for Invariances; 2. How the Search for Invariances Created Greek Science; 3. The Aristotelian Conception of Knowledge; 4. The Galilean Conception of Knowledge; 5. Induction; PART II. FORMAL TRUTH OF THEORY; 6. Logical Truth; 7. Mathematical Truth; PART III. EMPIRICAL TRUTH OF THEORY; 8. The Principle of Testability; 9. The Logic of Physical Theories; 10. Logical Behaviorism; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The Finnish philosopher Eino Kaila (1890-1958) wrote a classic statement of Logical Empiricism. He had experienced the foundational debates of the Vienna Circle, invited by Moritz Schlick, during the early summer of 1929. Kaila was a keen follower of the further developments of the Circle. His synoptic presentation and analysis of the basic themes, or ""theses"", of the movement was based on his lectures as professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki.The work appeared as a book in Finnish in 1939. A Swedish translation by Georg Henrik von Wright followed imme
Titolo autorizzato: Human knowledge  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8126-9851-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465180603321
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Serie: Full Circle Series