{"product_id":"reconsidering-logical-positivism-paperback-9780521624763","title":"Reconsidering Logical Positivism (Paperback) 9780521624763","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReconsidering Logical Positivism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA reinterpretation of the enduring significance of logical positivism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Friedman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521624763, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 July 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.379 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this collection of essays one of the preeminent philosophers of science writing 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Geometry, Relativity, and Convention: 1. Moritz Schlick's Philosophical Papers\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: general relativity and General Theory of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Carnap and Weyl on the foundations of geometry and relativity theory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Geometry, convention, and the relativized a priori: Reichenbach, Schlick and Carnap\u003cbr\u003e 4. Poincaré's  conventionalism and the logical positivists\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Der Logische Aufbau der Welt: 5. Carnap's Aufbau reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e 6. Epistemology in the Aufbau\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: Carnap and the Neo-Kantians\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Logico-Mathematical Truth: 7. Analytic truth in Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language\u003cbr\u003e 8. Carnap and Wittgenstein's Tractatus\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tolerance and analyticity in Carnap's philosophy of mathematics\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004160692504,"sku":"9780521624763","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521624763i_0c8e6269-5adb-4d14-b7ff-aab6d54dc28d.jpg?v=1691370682","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reconsidering-logical-positivism-paperback-9780521624763","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}