The Cambridge Companion to Logical Empiricism (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

If There Is A Movement Or School That Epitomizes Analytic Philosophy In The Middle Of The Twentieth Century, It Is Logical Empiricism. Logical Empiricists Created A Scientifically And Technically Informed Philosophy Of Science, Established Mathematical Logic As A Topic In And Tool For Philosophy, And Initiated The Project Of Formal Semantics. Accounts Of Analytic Philosophy Written In The Middle Of The Twentieth Century Gave Logical Empiricism A Central Place In The Project. The Second Wave Of Interpretative Accounts Was Constructed To Show How Philosophy Should Progress, Or Had Progressed, Beyond Logical Empiricism. The Essays Survey The Formative Stages Of Logical Empiricism In Central Europe And Its Acculturation In North America, Discussing Its Main Topics, And Achievements And Failures, In Different Areas Of Philosophy Of Science, And Assessing Its Influence On Philosophy, Past, Present, And Future. -- Publisher Description. The Historical Context Of Logical Empiricism -- Logical Empiricism: Issues In General Philosophy Of Science -- Logical Empiricism And The Philosophy Of The Special Sciences -- Logical Empiricism And Its Critics. Edited By Alan Richardson, Thomas Uebel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 371-417) And Index. 'The Cambridge Companion to Logical Empiricism' shows how logical empiricism epitomized analytic philosophy in the middle of the 20th century, and features contributions from Friedrich Stadler, Michael Friedman, Elisabeth Nemeth, and editors Thomas Uebel and Alan Richardson 17......Page 1 1......Page 15 2......Page 25 3......Page 53 4......Page 70 5......Page 101 6......Page 127 7......Page 146 8......Page 173 9......Page 201 10......Page 236 11......Page 258 12......Page 286 13......Page 311 14......Page 338 15......Page 352 16......Page 377