{"product_id":"selected-philosophical-essays-hardback-9780521624480","title":"Selected Philosophical Essays (Hardback) 9780521624480","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSelected Philosophical Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers a fresh perspective on Hempel's intellectual development and on the rise and demise of logical empiricism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl G. Hempel (Author), Richard Jeffrey (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521624480, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 January 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.565 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\"\u003eCarl Gustav Hempel (1905–97) was one of the preeminent figures in the philosophical movement of logical empiricism. He was a member of both the Berlin and Vienna circles, fled Germany in 1934 and finally settled in the US where he taught for many years in New York, Princeton, and Pittsburgh. The essays in this collection come from the early and late periods of Hempel's career and chart his intellectual odyssey from a rigorous commitment to logical positivism in the 1930s (when Hempel allied himself closely with Carnap) to a more sociological approach close in spirit to the work of Neurath and Kuhn. The collection brings together essays which have up till now been difficult to find, four of which are appearing in English for the first time. Cumulatively they offer a fresh perspective on Hempel's intellectual development and on the rise and demise of logical empiricism.\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. Truth: 1. On the logical positivists' theory of truth\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some remarks on 'facts' and propositions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Some remarks on empiricism\u003cbr\u003e 4. The problem of truth\u003cbr\u003e 5. The irrelevance of the concept of truth for the critical appraisal of scientific claims\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Probability: 6. On the content of probability statements\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the logical form of probability statements\u003cbr\u003e 8. A definition of degree of confirmation (with P. Oppenheim)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Methodology: 9. The logical analysis of psychology\u003cbr\u003e 10. Schick and Neurath: foundation vs. coherence\u003cbr\u003e 11. On the cognitive status and the rationale of scientific methodology\u003cbr\u003e 12. Provisoes\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Memoirs: 13. Rudolf Carnap, Logical Empiricist\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Vienna Circle and the metamorphoses of its empiricism\u003cbr\u003e 15. Hans Reichenbach remembered\u003cbr\u003e 16. Empiricism in the Vienna Circle and in the Berlin Society\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Publications of C. G. Hempel.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e], 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], Mathematics \u0026amp; science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematics \u0026amp; science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematics%20\u0026amp;%20science%20%5BP%5D%22\"\u003eP\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\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":46005635711256,"sku":"9780521624480","price":46.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521624756_6dbc56a8-6e66-4c4d-b0f3-ace7badf50b6.jpg?v=1691370678","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/selected-philosophical-essays-hardback-9780521624480","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}