Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, 18)

This volume critically reexamines Otto Neurath’s conception of the unity of science. Some of the leading scholars of Neurath’s work, along with many prominent philosophers of science critically examine his place in the history of philosophy of science and evaluate the relevance of his work for contemporary debates concerning the unity of science. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Neurath and the Unity of Science: An Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Unity of Science and Logical Empiricism: A Reply....Pages 15-30 The Neurath–Horkeimer-Controversy Reconsidered: Otto Neurath’s Erwiderung to Max Horkheimer’s Attack Against the Vienna Circle....Pages 31-40 Otto Neurath’s Epistemology and Its Paradoxes....Pages 41-57 Neurath and the Encyclopaedic Project of Unity of Science....Pages 59-70 Principles and Practices of Neurath’s Picture Language....Pages 71-82 Conceptions of Reality – Schlick, Carnap, Neurath....Pages 83-93 Keeping Track of Neurath’s Bill: Abstract Concepts, Stock Models and the Unity of Classical Physics....Pages 95-108 G. Itelson – A Socratic Philosopher....Pages 109-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Unity Without Myths....Pages 129-144 Two Unification Strategies: Analysis or Reduction, and Synthesis or Integration....Pages 145-157 A Comprehensible World....Pages 159-180 The Role of Biology in the Unity of Science Program....Pages 181-190 Naturalism and the Unity of Science....Pages 191-199 Searching for the Unity of Science: From Classical Logic to Abductive Logical Systems....Pages 201-212 The Flat Analysis of Properties and the Unity of Science....Pages 213-220 Scientific Reasonableness and the Pragmatic Approach to the Unity of Science....Pages 221-237 Does Scientific Progress Necessarily Lead to a Unified Science?....Pages 239-252 Back Matter....Pages 253-264