Selected Philosophical Essays

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Truth: 1. On the logical positivists' theory of truth; 2. Some remarks on 'facts' and propositions; 3. Some remarks on empiricism; 4. The problem of truth; 5. The irrelevance of the concept of truth for the critical appraisal of scientific claims; Part II. Probability: 6. On the content of probability statements; 7. On the logical form of probability statements; 8. A definition of degree of confirmation (with P. Oppenheim); Part III. Methodology: 9. The logical analysis of psychology; 10. Schick and Neurath: foundation vs. coherence; 11. On the cognitive status and the rationale of scientific methodology; 12. Provisoes; Part IV. Memoirs: 13. Rudolf Carnap, Logical Empiricist; 14. The Vienna Circle and the metamorphoses of its empiricism; 15. Hans Reichenbach remembered; 16. Empiricism in the Vienna Circle and in the Berlin Society; Part V. Publications of C. G. Hempel.

Summary

Carl G. Hempel (1905–97) was one of the preeminent figures in the philosophical movement of logical empiricism. The essays in this collection offer a fresh perspective on Hempel's intellectual development and on the rise and demise of logical empiricism.

Product details

• Authors: Carl G. Hempel, Carl Gustav Hempel
• Assisted by: Richard Jeffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2015
• EAN: 9780521624480
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62448-0
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 688 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day