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The Berlin group and the philosophy of logical empiricism
Abstract
The Berlin Group for scientific philosophy was active between 1928 and 1933 and was closely related to the Vienna Circle. In 1930, the leaders of the two Groups, Hans Reichenbach and Rudolf Carnap, launched the journal Erkenntnis. However, between the Berlin Group and the Vienna Circle, there was not only close relatedness but also significant difference. Above all, while the Berlin Group explored philosophical problems of the actual practice of science, the Vienna Circle, closely following Wittgenstein, was more interested in problems of the language of science. The book includes first discussion ever (in three chapters) on Walter Dubislav's logic and philosophy. Two chapters are devoted to another author scarcely explored in English, Kurt Grelling, and another one to Paul Oppenheim who became an important figure in the philosophy of science in the USA in the 1940s–1960s. Finally, the book discusses the precursor of the Nord-German tradition of scientific philosophy, Jacob Friedrich Fries.
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affinities and divergences
pp.3-32
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_1a narrative of personal interactions
pp.33-39
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_2on divergent scientific philosophies, difficult relations and missed opportunities
pp.43-66
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_3pp.67-94
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_4Kurt Lewin and Hans Reichenbach
pp.97-122
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_5pp.123-150
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_6Hans Reichenbach's volitionism and its historical roots
pp.151-175
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_7pp.179-189
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_8Walter Dubislav on transcendental arguments
pp.191-204
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_9Kurt Grelling and the Berlin group
pp.231-244
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_11Kurt Grelling's formal ontology
pp.245-261
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_12pp.265-291
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_13whose philosopher?
pp.293-309
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5485-0_14Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2013
Pages: 332
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Series volume: 273
ISBN (hardback): 978-94-007-5484-3
ISBN (digital): 978-94-007-5485-0
Full citation:
Milkov Nikolay, Peckhaus Volker (2013) The Berlin group and the philosophy of logical empiricism. Dordrecht, Springer.