The Large Scale Structure of Logical Empiricism
Unity of Science and the Elimination of Metaphysics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Greg Frost-Arnold, Greg Frost‐Arnold (0000-0003-3645-4023, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 826-838 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/508113 |
| OpenAlex | W1989778984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Two central and well-known philosophical goals of the logical empiricists are the unification of science and the elimination of metaphysics. Textual analysis shows, however, that these two apparently distinct planks of the logical empiricist party platform are actually intimately related. From the 1920s through 1950, one abiding criterion for judging whether an apparently declarative assertion or descriptive term is metaphysical is that that assertion or term cannot be incorporated into a language of unified science. I explore various versions of this criterion throughout the works of Carnap and Neurath
Assertion · Empiricism · Epistemology · Logical consequence · Metaphysics · Philosophy of science · Physics · Programming language · Term (time) · Unification · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2016 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |