Logical Empiricism As Scientific Philosophy

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.

List of contents

1. Logical empiricism: reframing its philosophical significance; Logical empiricism as scientific philosophy: evidence and background; 3. Logical empiricist scientific philosophy: consequences and legacies; References.

Summary

This Element 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.

Foreword

The primary philosophical project of logical empiricism was securing the strictly scientific status of philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Richardson, Alan (University of British Columbia) Richardson, Alan W. (University of British Columbi Richardson, Richardson Alan W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009471510
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0947151-0
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy of Science, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Research methods: general, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism