This Element offers a new account of the philosophical significance of logical empiricism that relies on the past forty years of literature reassessing the project. It argues that while logical empiricism was committed to empiricism and did become tied to the trajectory of analytic philosophy, neither empiricism nor logical analysis per se was the deepest philosophical commitment of logical empiricism. That commitment was, rather, securing the scientific status of philosophy, bringing philosophy into a scientific conception of the world.
By:
Alan W. Richardson (University of British Columbia) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 159mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 270g ISBN:9781009471510 ISBN 10: 1009471511 Series:Elements in the Philosophy of Science Pages: 80 Publication Date:18 January 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active