Logical Empiricism and Naturalism Neurath and Carnap’s Metatheory of Science

This text provides an extensive exploration of the relationship between the thought of Otto Neurath and Rudolf Carnap, providing a new argument for the complementarity of their mature philosophies as part of a collaborative metatheory of science. In arguing that both Neurath and Carnap must be inter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bentley, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Vienna Circle Institute Library
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Naturalism and the Vienna Circle
  • 2. Neurath’s Epistemology of Science
  • 3. Neurath’s Conception of Protocol Statements
  • 4. Carnapian Explication
  • 5. Quine, Carnap, and Analyticity
  • 6. Challenges to the Bipartite Metatheory Interpretation
  • 7. Bipartite Metatheory in Application