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Reconsidering logical positivism

By Michael Friedman

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0521624495, 9780521624497, 0521624762, 9780521624763
LCC
Q175 .F894 1999
Open Library ID
OL386645M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2875292 bytes)
Pages
272\272
Topic
Mathematics Logic
DPI
600
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

In this collection of essays one of the preeminent philosophers of science writing today offers a reinterpretation of the enduring significance of logical positivism, the revolutionary philosophical movement centered around the Vienna Circle in the 1920s and '30s. Michael Friedman argues that the logical positivists were radicals not by presenting a new version of empiricism (as is often thought to be the case) but rather by offering a new conception of a priori knowledge and its role in empirical knowledge. This collection will be mandatory reading for any philosopher or historian of science interested in the history of logical positivism in particular or the evolution of modern philosophy in general.

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