Symons / Pombo Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-94-007-0143-4
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Symons, John

Pombo, Olga

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Contributors;8
3;Neurath and the Unity of Science: An Introduction;10
4;On Neurath;21
4.1;Unity of Science and Logical Empiricism: A Reply;22
4.2;The Neurath–Horkeimer-Controversy Reconsidered: Otto Neurath’s Erwiderung to Max Horkheimer’s Attack Against the Vienna Circle;38
4.3;Otto Neurath’s Epistemology and Its Paradoxes;48
4.4;Neurath and the Encyclopaedic Project of Unity of Science;65
4.5;Principles and Practices of Neurath’s Picture Language;77
4.6;Conceptions of Reality – Schlick, Carnap, Neurath;89
4.7;Keeping Track of Neurath’s Bill: Abstract Concepts, Stock Models and the Unity of Classical Physics;100
4.8;G. Itelson – A Socratic Philosopher;114
5;On the Unity of Science;132
5.1;UnityWithout Myths;133
5.2;Two Unification Strategies: Analysis or Reduction, and Synthesis or Integration;149
5.3;A ComprehensibleWorld;162
5.4;The Role of Biology in the Unity of Science Program;184
5.5;Naturalism and the Unity of Science;194
5.6;Searching for the Unity of Science: From Classical Logic to Abductive Logical Systems;203
5.7;The Flat Analysis of Properties and the Unity of Science;215
5.8;Scientific Reasonableness and the Pragmatic Approach to the Unity of Science;223
5.9;Does Scientific Progress Necessarily Lead to a Unified Science?;240
6;Name Index;254
7;Subject Index;259