Or by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying, recording, or by any No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form These and other articles contain authoritative expositions of the doctrines most commonly associated with logicalĬopyright © 1959 by The Free Press, a CorporationĪll rights reserved. This volume presents, for the first time in English, many of the most influential papers by leading members of the Vienna Circle. Each volume will deal with one or, in some cases, with two, philosophical 'schools' or 'movements.' It is fortunate that philosophers are rarely united by the kind of common purpose which inspires political or religious 'movements.' Nevertheless, it is frequently helpful to consider the work of different writers according to the similarities in their aim and content and this is the policy which has been adopted in designing the Library of Philosophical Movements. Collier-Macmillan Canada, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 58-6467 Second printing July 1966 -iv- Preface Logical Positivism is the second in a series of books which will make available to the general public some of the most interesting work of philosophers of very diverse viewpoints. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. AYER The Free Press, New York -iii- Copyright © 1959 by The Free Press, a Corporation Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780029011300 Number of pages: 464 Weight: 483 g Dimensions: 210 x 135 x 28 mm You may also be interested in.LOGICAL POSITIVISM Edited by A. In the most complete bibliography on the subject, Logical Positivism explains the movement's main ideas and their impact on contemporary philosophy in Britain and the United States. In the pages of this book, readers will find classic papers by Schlick, Carnap, Neurath, and Hanh published for the first time in English.

Ayer, Logical Positivism offers-in the words of the movement's founders-revolutionary theories on meaning and metaphysics, the nature of logic and mathematics, the foundations of knowledge, the content of psychological propositions, ethics, sociology, and the nature of philosophy itself. Ayer, the concepts and main ideas of logical positivism and its revolutionary theories and explained and discussed in this bibliography featuring several classic papers in English for the first time.Įdited by a A.J. Featuring a detailed introduction from Professor A.J.

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