Empiricism at the Crossroads: The Vienna Circle's Protocol-Sentence Debate Revisited (Full Circle) by Thomas Uebel
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This book offers a systematic, in-depth study of the Vienna Circle based on a new historiographical approach to the study of science. The author has unearthed previously unpublished archival material, which he uses together with recent literature, to refute a number of widespread clichés about "logical positivism. Following some metatheoretical and methodological remarks on the troubled relation between the history of science and the philosophy of science, the author offers an accessible introduction to the complex subject of "scientific philosophy. At the same time he provides a detailed account of the socio-cultural background of the so-called "rise of scientific philosophy. The central section of the book focuses on the intellectual setting of "late enlighten-ment. Here the author analyzes the dynamic of the Schlick Circle and presents extensive archival material related to the Unity of Science conferences that took place between 1929 and 1941. Stadler then introduces some of the leading intellectuals of the Schlick Circle and its periphery. Karl Mengers "Mathematical Colloquium is also documented here for the first time. The author then describes the relations between Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath, the Vienna Circle and Ludwig Wittgenstein as well as between the Heinrich Gomperz Circle and Karl Popper. The first publication of the protocols of the Schlick Circle and of an interview with Karl R. Popper completes these studies. The final chapter of this section describes the de-mise of the Vienna Circle and the forced exodus of scientists and intellectuals from Austria. The second part of the book includes a bio-bibliographical documentation of the activities of the Vienna Circle and of the assassination of Moritz Schlick and an appendix comprising an extensive list of sources and literature. In this book, the author presents an exemplary study of the rise of scientific thought and its vicissitudes in this century.
About the Author
Friedrich K. Stadler was born in 1951 in Zeltweg, Austria. [He studied history, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg. 1977 Mag. Phil., 1982 Dr. phil. Since 1989 university lecturer.] 1994 Habilitation in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna. Founder and director of the "Institut Wiener Kreis (Vienna Circle Institute). 1997 Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, (Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies). Visiting professor at the Humboldt University, Berlin, at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science and Center for Austrian Studies. Fulbright Research Scholar.
This book offers a systematic, in-depth study of the Vienna Circle based on a new historiographical approach to the study of science. The author has unearthed previously unpublished archival material, which he uses together with recent literature, to refute a number of widespread clichés about "logical positivism. Following some metatheoretical and methodological remarks on the troubled relation between the history of science and the philosophy of science, the author offers an accessible introduction to the complex subject of "scientific philosophy. At the same time he provides a detailed account of the socio-cultural background of the so-called "rise of scientific philosophy. The central section of the book focuses on the intellectual setting of "late enlighten-ment. Here the author analyzes the dynamic of the Schlick Circle and presents extensive archival material related to the Unity of Science conferences that took place between 1929 and 1941. Stadler then introduces some of the leading intellectuals of the Schlick Circle and its periphery. Karl Mengers "Mathematical Colloquium is also documented here for the first time. The author then describes the relations between Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath, the Vienna Circle and Ludwig Wittgenstein as well as between the Heinrich Gomperz Circle and Karl Popper. The first publication of the protocols of the Schlick Circle and of an interview with Karl R. Popper completes these studies. The final chapter of this section describes the de-mise of the Vienna Circle and the forced exodus of scientists and intellectuals from Austria. The second part of the book includes a bio-bibliographical documentation of the activities of the Vienna Circle and of the assassination of Moritz Schlick and an appendix comprising an extensive list of sources and literature. In this book, the author presents an exemplary study of the rise of scientific thought and its vicissitudes in this century.
About the Author
Friedrich K. Stadler was born in 1951 in Zeltweg, Austria. [He studied history, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg. 1977 Mag. Phil., 1982 Dr. phil. Since 1989 university lecturer.] 1994 Habilitation in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna. Founder and director of the "Institut Wiener Kreis (Vienna Circle Institute). 1997 Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, (Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies). Visiting professor at the Humboldt University, Berlin, at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science and Center for Austrian Studies. Fulbright Research Scholar.
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- The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism: Re-evaluation and Future Perspectives (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook) by F. Stadler on 52 pages
- History of Philosophy of Science: New Trends and Perspectives (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook) by M. Heidelberger on 18 pages
- International Bibliography of Austrian Philosophie 1993/1994 (Studien zur öesterreichischen Philosophie Supplementa 9 by Thomas Binder on 17 pages
- Induction and Deduction in the Sciences (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook) by F. Stadler on 14 pages
- The Legacy of the Vienna Circle : Modern Appraisals (Science and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Basic Works of Logical Empiricism) by Sahotra Sarkar on 14 pages
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