Sahotra Sarkar

The Vienna Circle

The Story of Logical Empiricism

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Produktbeschreibung

Sarkar tells the philosophical story of 100 years of Logical Empiricism, from its inception in 1924 to its legacy today. A superb evocation of one of the most important intellectual movements of the 20th century, it will be of great interest to anyone interested in philosophy, history, and the history of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781032627311
• ISBN-10: 103262731X
• Artikelnr.: 71572076

Autorenporträt

Sahotra Sarkar is Professor of Philosophy and of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of ten books, including Doubting Darwin: Creationist Designs on Evolution, Systematic Conservation Planning, and Environmental Philosophy: From Theory to Practice. He edited the six-volume Science and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Basic Works of Logical Empiricism. He serves on the editorial boards of the journals Analytic Philosophy and Biological Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Hapsburg Origins: The First Vienna Circle 2. In Einstein's
Shadow: The Reign of Relativity 3. From Red Vienna: A Blazing Manifesto 4.
Musicians without Musical Ability: The Rejection of Metaphysics 5. Radical
Empiricism: Physics and the Unity of Science 6. Logic by Convention: The
Veil of Tolerance 7. Lurching towards the Holocaust: Globalization, Murder,
Exile 8. The Icy Slopes of Logic: Reconfiguration in the United States 9.
The Legacy: Philosophy and Science in the Twenty-First Century.
Acknowledgments Sources References Index