Otto Neurath: philosophy between science and politics

An international team of four authors, led by distinguished philosopher of science, Nancy Cartwright, and leading scholar of the Vienna Circle, Thomas E. Uebel, have produced this lucid and elegant study of a much-neglected figure. The book, which depicts Neurath's science in the political, eco...

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Main Author: Cartwright, Nancy 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996
Series:Ideas in context 38
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598241
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598241
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598241
Summary:An international team of four authors, led by distinguished philosopher of science, Nancy Cartwright, and leading scholar of the Vienna Circle, Thomas E. Uebel, have produced this lucid and elegant study of a much-neglected figure. The book, which depicts Neurath's science in the political, economic and intellectual milieu in which it was practised, is divided into three sections: Neurath's biographical background and the socio-political context of his economic ideas; the development of his theory of science; and his legacy as illustrated by his contemporaneous involvement in academic and political debates. Coinciding with the renewal of interest in logical positivism, this is a timely publication which will redress a current imbalance in the history and philosophy of science, as well as making a major contribution to our understanding of the intellectual life of Austro-Germany in the inter-war years
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 288 pages)
ISBN:9780511598241
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511598241

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