{"product_id":"the-semantic-tradition-from-kant-to-carnap-to-the-vienna-station-paperback-9780521447072","title":"The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap; To the Vienna Station (Paperback) 9780521447072","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTo the Vienna Station\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ. Albert Coffa traces the roots of logical positivism in a semantic tradition that arose in opposition to Kant's theory that a priori knowledge is based on pure intuition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Alberto Coffa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521447072, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 January 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.3 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.693 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\"\u003eThis major publication is a history of the semantic tradition in philosophy from the early nineteenth century through its incarnation in the work of the Vienna Circle, the group of logical positivists that emerged in the years 1925–1935 in Vienna who were characterised by a strong commitment to empiricism, a high regard for science, and a conviction that modern logic is the primary tool of analytic philosophy. In the first part of the book, Alberto Coffa traces the roots of logical positivism in a semantic tradition that arose in opposition to Kant's theory that a priori knowledge is based on pure intuition and the constitutive powers of the mind. In Part II, Coffa chronicles the development of this tradition by members and associates of the Vienna Circle. Much of Coffa's analysis draws on the unpublished notes and correspondence of many philosophers. The book, however, is not merely a history of the semantic tradition from Kant 'to the Vienna Station'. Coffa also critically reassesses the role of semantic notions in understanding the ground of a priori knowledge and its relation to empirical knowledge and questions the turn the tradition has taken since Vienna.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Semantic Tradition: 1. Kant, analysis, and pure intuition\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bolzano and the birth of semantics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Geometry, pure intuition and the a priori\u003cbr\u003e 4. Frege's semantics and the a priori in arithmetic\u003cbr\u003e 5. Meaning and ontology\u003cbr\u003e 6. On denoting\u003cbr\u003e 7. Logic in transition\u003cbr\u003e 8. A logico-philosophical treatise\u003cbr\u003e Part II Vienna, 1925–1935: 9. Schlick before Vienna\u003cbr\u003e 10. Philosophers on relativity\u003cbr\u003e 1. Carnap before Vienna\u003cbr\u003e 12. Scientific idealism and semantic idealism\u003cbr\u003e 13. Return of Ludwig Wittgenstein\u003cbr\u003e 14. A priori knowledge and the constitution of meaning\u003cbr\u003e 15. The road to syntax\u003cbr\u003e 16. Syntax and truth\u003cbr\u003e 17. Semantic conventionalism and the factuality of meaning\u003cbr\u003e 18. The problem of induction: theories\u003cbr\u003e 19. The problems of experience: protocols\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\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":46002750423320,"sku":"9780521447072","price":51.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521447072i_7fab7eb7-0808-4c7a-ac20-d1f184f29432.jpg?v=1691382015","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-semantic-tradition-from-kant-to-carnap-to-the-vienna-station-paperback-9780521447072","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}