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Friedrich Waismann - Causality and Logical Positivism
Contributor(s): McGuinness, B. F. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 9400717504     ISBN-13: 9789400717503
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE: $161.49  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Epistemology
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - General
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
Dewey: 153.6
Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" L (1.40 lbs) 372 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Friedrich Waismann (1896-1959) was one of the most gifted students and collaborators of Moritz Schlick. Accepted as a discussion partner by Wittgenstein from 1927 on, he functioned as spokesman for the latter's ideas in the Schlick Circle, until Wittgenstein's contact with this most faithful interpreter was broken off in 1935 and not renewed when exile took Waismann to Cambridge. Nonetheless, at Oxford, where he went in 1939, and eventually became Reader in Philosophy of Mathematics (changing later to Philosophy of Science), Waismann made important and independent contributions to analytic philosophy and philosophy of science (for example in relation to probability, causality and linguistic analysis). The full extent of these only became evident later when the larger (unpublished) part of his writings could be studied. His first posthumous work The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy (1965, 2nd edn.1997; German 1976) and his earlier Einf hrung in das mathematische Denken (1936) have recently proved of fresh interest to the scientific community. This late flowering and new understanding of Waismann's position is connected with the fact that he somewhat unfairly fell under the shadow of Wittgenstein, his mentor and predecessor. Central to this book about a life and work familiar to few is unpublished and unknown works on causality and probability. These are commented on in this volume, which will also include a publication of new or previously scattered material and an overview of Waismann's life.
 
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