Die Stellung Otto Neuraths zur Deutschen Schulsoziologie der Zwanziger und Dreißiger Jahre wkd dargestellt, zum Teü anhand von Zitaten aus seinen Schriften, zum Teü anhand von Auszügen aus Briefen an seinen Sohn, in denen er gegen dessen Wunsch, Soziologie zu studieren, argumentiert. Hauptargument: daß Soziologie kein "Fach" mit einem einigermaßen klar definierten Wissen sei, das man durch systematisches Studium erwerben und in dem man dann einem gesellschaftlich anerkannten Beruf nachgehen kann. Die Briefe enthalten einiges über Otto Neuraths, wie er sagt, (...) etwas zufälligen Weg zu den Sozialwissenschaften. (shrink)

Die Stellung Otto Neuraths zur Deutschen Schulsoziologie der Zwanziger und Dreißiger Jahre wkd dargestellt, zum Teü anhand von Zitaten aus seinen Schriften, zum Teü anhand von Auszügen aus Briefen an seinen Sohn, in denen er gegen dessen Wunsch, Soziologie zu studieren, argumentiert. Hauptargument: daß Soziologie kein "Fach" mit einem einigermaßen klar definierten Wissen sei, das man durch systematisches Studium erwerben und in dem man dann einem gesellschaftlich anerkannten Beruf nachgehen kann. Die Briefe enthalten einiges über Otto Neuraths, wie er sagt, (...) etwas zufälligen Weg zu den Sozialwissenschaften. (shrink)

A new direction in philosophy Between 1920 and 1940 logical empiricism reset the direction of philosophy of science and much of the rest of Anglo-American philosophy. It began as a relatively organized movement centered on the Vienna Circle, and like-minded philosophers elsewhere, especially in Berlin. As Europe drifted into the Nazi era, several important figures, especially Carnap and Neurath, also found common ground in their liberal politics and radical social agenda. Together, the logical empiricists set out to reform traditional (...) philosophy with a new set of doctrines more firmly grounded in logic and science. Criticism and decline Because of Nazi persecution, most of the European adherents of logical empiricism moved to the United States in the late 1930s. During the 1940s, many of their most cherished tenets became targets of criticism from outsiders as well as from within their own ranks. Philosophers of science in the late 1950s and 1960s rejected logical empiricism and, starting in the 1970s, presented such alternative programs such as scientific realism with evolutionary epistemology. A resurgence of interest During the early 1980s, philosophers and historians of philosophy began to study logical empiricism as an important movement. Unlike their predecessors in the 1960s-for whom the debate over logical empiricism now seems to have been largely motivated by professional politics-these philosopher no longer have to take positions for or against logical empiricism. The result has been a more balanced view of that movement, its achievements, its failures, and its influence. Hard-to-find core writings now available This collection makes available a selection of the most influential and representative writings of the logical empiricists, important contemporary criticisms of their doctrines, their responses, as well as the recent reappraisals. Introductions to each volume examine the articles in historical context and provide importantbackground information that is vital to a full understanding of the issues discussed. They outline prevalent trends, identifying leading figures and summarize their positions and reasoning, as well as those of opposing thinkers. (shrink)

The movement for the Unity of Science has been making headway for a number of years, and each year more workers in the various scientific domains have expressed their interest in it by participating in the discussion of its aims and its specific problems. A characteristic feature of this movement which explains this growing interest is that it does not propose a “super-science” which is to legislate to the special sciences. Its proposal of a Unity of Science is of a (...) different kind, not based upon some grand metaphysical view of any sort. Those who are active within this movement are emphatic in their insistence that instead of aiming at a synthesis of the different sciences on the basis of a prior and independent philosophy, the special sciences will themselves supply their own synthesizing glue. For appreciating the significance of this movement it is therefore necessary to keep in mind that its tendency is toward a unified science, departmentalized into special sciences, and not toward an artificial and speculative juxtaposition of an autonomous philosophy and an autonomous group of sciences. (shrink)

Autour du Manifeste de Vienne se trouvent reunis des textes fondateurs ecrits autour de 1929. Leurs auteurs: Carnap, Hahn, Neurath, Schlick l'ame du Cercle de Vienne, et Waismann plus proche de Wittgenstein, temoignent d'un courant philosophique constituant aujourd'hui la tradition analytique de source continentale a la fois empiriste et logique. Forme de maniere informelle a Vienne, au coeur de l'Europe, le Cercle reunissait des savants de differentes branches qui voulaient se donner une philosophie susceptible d' unifier leurs vues. Echo (...) aux reves d'unite de la science, cette philosophie en exprime aussi le renversement complet. Veritable Discours de la methode, mais d'esprit anti-cartesien, elle entend reconstruire la science de maniere a evincer la speculation metaphysique, le but etant qu'aucun enonce ne soit laisse a l'exterieur de cette grande architecture de symboles s'il etait pourvu de sens. La declaration de guerre contre la metaphysique est un geste de militance a une epoque riche en differents manifestes. Incomprehensible en dehors du contexte socio-politique viennois de ces annees, elle porte aussi un programme de reconstruction rationnelle qui, au dela du langage de la science, devait toucher tous les secteurs de la vie. Plus complexe qu'il n'y parait, ce programme contient, en reference a Wittgenstein, son prestigieux representant a cote d'Einstein et Russell, une mise en garde contre differentes formes d'irrationalismes, qui est d'actualite. (shrink)

Encyclopaedism” is the systematically pursued activity within the Unity of Science Movement, devoted to the collecting of scientific statements of the logic of science logic, mathematics, physics, biology and other sciences, including all the “cross connections” between the given disciplines.

Neurath, Otto. Die neue Enzyklopädie.--Brunswik, Egon. Die eingliederung der psychologie in die exakten wissenschaften.--Hull, C. L. Logical positivism as a constructive methodology in social sciences.--Mannoury, Gerrit. Signifik.--Woodger, J. H. Unity through formalization.

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