Early German Positivism

Early German Positivism is a history of the origins of the scientific worldview of positivism. This worldview arose in a struggle against the Roman Catholic tradition and the traditions of metaphysics prevailing in Austria and Germany. This study covers positivism even before the first Vienna circle (1907).

List of contents

• INTRODUCTION: EARLY GERMAN POSITIVISM


• 1: ORIGINS OF POSITIVISM IN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY


• 2: EUGEN DÜHRING


• 3: ERNST LAAS


• 4: FRIEDRICH JODL


• 5: ERNST MACH


• 6: RICHARD AVENARIUS

About the author

Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the USA. He studied in the UK at Oriel College and Wolfson College, Oxford, and then in Germany for many years, receiving stipends from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung during that time. He has taught in many universities in the USA including Yale, Harvard, Penn, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Indiana. In 2015 President Joachim Gauck awarded him the Bundesverdienstkreuz (the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) for his work on German philosophy. Beiser was Professor of Philosphy at Syracuse University for 22 years until he retired in 2022.

Summary

Early German Positivism is a history of the origins of the scientific worldview of positivism. This worldview arose in a struggle against the Roman Catholic tradition and the traditions of metaphysics prevailing in Austria and Germany. This study covers positivism even before the first Vienna circle (1907).

Product details

• Authors: Frederick C. Beiser, Frederick C. (Professor of Philosophy Beiser
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2024
• EAN: 9780198927259
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892725-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Philosophy of Science, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism