- Unique exploration of Czechoslovak aspects of the history and legacy of the Vienna Circle
- Reconsideration of the importance of Prague-period works by Philipp Frank and Rudolf Carnap
- Presentation of both dissenting and positive receptions of Logical Empiricism by Czechoslovak philosophers
- Lively personal memoirs by Nina Holton and Ladislav Tondl
This book explores the remarkable interconnections of the Czechoslovak environment and the work and legacy of the Vienna Circle on the philosophical, scientific and artistic level. The Czech lands and later Czechoslovakia were the living and working space for the predecessors and catalysts for Logical Empiricism, such as Bernard Bolzano, Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein, along with key figures in the Vienna Circle such as Philipp Frank and Rudolf Carnap. Moreover, Prague hosted important academic events in which Logical Empiricism was presented to the public, such as the September 1929 1st Conference on the Epistemology of the Exact Sciences, which launched the key manifesto, The Vienna Circle. The Scientific Conception of the World. In addition, this book investigates both the positive and negative receptions of Logical Empiricism within Czech and Slovak intellectual circles. The volume features a selection of contributions to the international conference, The Vienna Circle in Czechoslovakia, held in Pilsen, Czech Republic, in February 2015. These essays are supplemented by two texts of vivid personal memoirs by Nina Holton and Ladislav Tondl. The book is of interest to scholars and researchers interested in the history of philosophy and science in central Europe and the philosophy of science and the Logical Empiricism of the Vienna Circle.
Table of Contents
- Unique exploration of Czechoslovak aspects of the history and legacy of the Vienna Circle
- Reconsideration of the importance of Prague-period works by Philipp Frank and Rudolf Carnap
- Presentation of both dissenting and positive receptions of Logical Empiricism by Czechoslovak philosophers
- Lively personal memoirs by Nina Holton and Ladislav Tondl
This book explores the remarkable interconnections of the Czechoslovak environment and the work and legacy of the Vienna Circle on the philosophical, scientific and artistic level. The Czech lands and later Czechoslovakia were the living and working space for the predecessors and catalysts for Logical Empiricism, such as Bernard Bolzano, Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein, along with key figures in the Vienna Circle such as Philipp Frank and Rudolf Carnap. Moreover, Prague hosted important academic events in which Logical Empiricism was presented to the public, such as the September 1929 1st Conference on the Epistemology of the Exact Sciences, which launched the key manifesto, The Vienna Circle. The Scientific Conception of the World. In addition, this book investigates both the positive and negative receptions of Logical Empiricism within Czech and Slovak intellectual circles. The volume features a selection of contributions to the international conference, The Vienna Circle in Czechoslovakia, held in Pilsen, Czech Republic, in February 2015. These essays are supplemented by two texts of vivid personal memoirs by Nina Holton and Ladislav Tondl. The book is of interest to scholars and researchers interested in the history of philosophy and science in central Europe and the philosophy of science and the Logical Empiricism of the Vienna Circle.
Table of Contents
The Vienna Circle in Czechoslovakia – Essays
Jan Šebestík, How Philosophers in the Czech Lands Broke Ground for the Vienna Circle, 3-32
Miloš Kratochvíl, Why Czech Positivism Could Not Be Absorbed by Logical Positivism, 33-50
Veronika Hofer, Philipp Frank’s Civic and Intellectual Life in Prague: Investments in Loyalty, 51-72
Michael Stöltzner, Scientific World Conception on Stage: The Prague Meeting of the German Physicists and Mathematicians, 73-95
Jaroslav Peregrin, Rudolf Carnap’s Inferentialism, 97-109
Tomáš Hříbek, Minimum Dwellings: Otto Neurath and Karel Teige on Architecture, 111-134
Jakub Mácha, Jan Zouhar: Arnošt Kolman’s Critique of Mathematical Fetishism, 135-150
Juraj Hvorecký, Igor Hrušovský on Social Sciences, 151-162
Jan Šebestík, How Philosophers in the Czech Lands Broke Ground for the Vienna Circle, 3-32
Miloš Kratochvíl, Why Czech Positivism Could Not Be Absorbed by Logical Positivism, 33-50
Veronika Hofer, Philipp Frank’s Civic and Intellectual Life in Prague: Investments in Loyalty, 51-72
Michael Stöltzner, Scientific World Conception on Stage: The Prague Meeting of the German Physicists and Mathematicians, 73-95
Jaroslav Peregrin, Rudolf Carnap’s Inferentialism, 97-109
Tomáš Hříbek, Minimum Dwellings: Otto Neurath and Karel Teige on Architecture, 111-134
Jakub Mácha, Jan Zouhar: Arnošt Kolman’s Critique of Mathematical Fetishism, 135-150
Juraj Hvorecký, Igor Hrušovský on Social Sciences, 151-162
Miloš Kratochvíl, Why Czech Positivism Could Not Be Absorbed by Logical Positivism, 33-50
Veronika Hofer, Philipp Frank’s Civic and Intellectual Life in Prague: Investments in Loyalty, 51-72
Michael Stöltzner, Scientific World Conception on Stage: The Prague Meeting of the German Physicists and Mathematicians, 73-95
Jaroslav Peregrin, Rudolf Carnap’s Inferentialism, 97-109
Tomáš Hříbek, Minimum Dwellings: Otto Neurath and Karel Teige on Architecture, 111-134
Jakub Mácha, Jan Zouhar: Arnošt Kolman’s Critique of Mathematical Fetishism, 135-150
Juraj Hvorecký, Igor Hrušovský on Social Sciences, 151-162
THE VIENNA CIRCLE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA – MEMOIRS
FRONT MATTER
Nina Holton, On Hania Frank, 165-172
Ladislav Tondl, Major Contacts with Stimulating Initiatives of Analytical Philosophy and the Vienna Circle, 173-182
Nina Holton, On Hania Frank, 165-172
Ladislav Tondl, Major Contacts with Stimulating Initiatives of Analytical Philosophy and the Vienna Circle, 173-182
Ladislav Tondl, Major Contacts with Stimulating Initiatives of Analytical Philosophy and the Vienna Circle, 173-182
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Stepan Ivanyk, Filozofowie ukraińscy w Szkole Lwowsko-Warszawskiej. Warszawa: Semper 2014. 223 pages, by Jan Jakub Surman, 191-194
Monika Gruber, Alfred Tarski and the “Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages”: A Running Commentary with Consideration of the Polish Original and the German Translation. (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, Vol. 39.) Cham: Springer 2016. xii + 187 pages, by Adam Tamas Tuboly,195-198
Christian Damböck, Deutscher Empirismus: Studien zur Philosophie im deutschsprachigen Raum 1830–1930. (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts Wiener Kreis, Bd. 24.) Dordrecht: Springer 2017. xiii +237 pages, by Scott Edgar, 185-190
Stepan Ivanyk, Filozofowie ukraińscy w Szkole Lwowsko-Warszawskiej. Warszawa: Semper 2014. 223 pages, by Jan Jakub Surman, 191-194
Monika Gruber, Alfred Tarski and the “Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages”: A Running Commentary with Consideration of the Polish Original and the German Translation. (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, Vol. 39.) Cham: Springer 2016. xii + 187 pages, by Adam Tamas Tuboly,195-198
Stepan Ivanyk, Filozofowie ukraińscy w Szkole Lwowsko-Warszawskiej. Warszawa: Semper 2014. 223 pages, by Jan Jakub Surman, 191-194
Monika Gruber, Alfred Tarski and the “Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages”: A Running Commentary with Consideration of the Polish Original and the German Translation. (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, Vol. 39.) Cham: Springer 2016. xii + 187 pages, by Adam Tamas Tuboly,195-198
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