Livre
The Vienna Circle
studies in the origins, development, and influence of logical empiricism
Résumé
This abridged and revised edition of the original book (Springer-Verlag Vienna, 2001) offers the only comprehensive history and documentation of the Vienna Circle based on new sources with an innovative historiographical approach to the study of science. With reference to previously unpublished archival material and more recent literature, it refutes a number of widespread clichés about "neo-positivism" or "logical positivism". Following some insights on the relation between the history of science and the philosophy of science, the book offers an accessible introduction to the complex subject of "the rise of scientific philosophy" in its socio-cultural background and European philosophical networks till the forced migration in the Anglo-Saxon world. The first part of the book focuses on the origins of Logical Empiricism before World War I and the development of the Vienna Circle in "Red Vienna" (with the "Verein Ernst Mach"), its fate during Austro-Fascism (Schlick's murder 1936) and its final expulsion by National-Socialism beginning with the "Anschluß" in 1938. It analyses the dynamics of the Schlick-Circle in the intellectual context of "late enlightenment" including the minutes of the meetings from 1930 on for the first time published and presents an extensive description of the meetings and international Unity of Science conferences between 1929 and 1941. The chapters introduce the leading philosophers of the Schlick Circle (e.g., Hans Hahn, Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, Philipp Frank, Felix Kaufmann, Edgar Zilsel) and describe the conflicting interaction between Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath, the long term communication between Moritz Schlick, Friedrich Waismann and Ludwig Wittgenstein, as well as between the Vienna Circle with Heinrich Gomperz and Karl Popper. In addition, Karl Menger's "Mathematical Colloquium" with Kurt Gödel is presented as a parallel movement. The final chapter of this section describes the demise of the Vienna Circle and the forced exodus of scientists and intellectuals from Austria.The second part of the book includes a bio-bibliographical documentation of the Vienna Circle members and for the first time of the assassination of Moritz Schlick in 1936, followed by an appendix comprising an extensive list of sources and literature.
Détails | Table des matières
roots of the Vienna Circle before the First World War
pp.1-25
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_1pp.29-40
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_2pp.41-57
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_3from 1929 until the "Anschluss"
pp.59-194
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_4the mathematical colloquium 1928–1936
pp.195-217
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_5thought style and thought collective
pp.219-233
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_6pp.235-276
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_7the example of Otto Neurath and Moritz Schlick
pp.277-284
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_8the demise of reason
pp.285-351
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_9the exodus of scientific reason
pp.353-361
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_10biographies and biobibliographies
pp.397-596
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_12the murder of Moritz Schlick
pp.597-631
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16561-5_13Détails de la publication
Maison d'édition: Springer
Lieu de publication: Dordrecht
Année: 2015
Pages: 681
ISBN (hardback): 978-3-319-16560-8
ISBN (digital): 978-3-319-16561-5
Citation complète:
Stadler Friedrich, 2015, The Vienna Circle: studies in the origins, development, and influence of logical empiricism. Dordrecht, Springer.