Overview
- Argues for the fundamental compatibility of Neurath and Carnap’s mature philosophies
- Provides a new interpretation of Carnap’s conception of analyticity
- The first book-length defence of the Bipartite Metatheory Conception
Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Institute Library (VCIL)
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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 interpreted as proponents of epistemological naturalism, and that their naturalisms rest on shared philosophical ground, it is also demonstrated that the boundaries and possibilities for epistemological naturalism are not as restrictive as Quinean orthodoxy has previously suggested. Both building on and challenging the scholarship of the past four decades, this naturalist reading of Carnap also provides a new interpretation of Carnap’s conception of analyticity, allowing for a refutation of the Quinean argument for the incompatibility of naturalism and the analytic/synthetic distinction. In doing so, the relevance and potential importance of their scientific meta-theory for contemporary questions in the philosophy of science is demonstrated.
This text appeals to students and researchers working on Logical Empiricism, Quine, the history of analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy of science, as well as proponents of naturalized epistemology.
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About the author
Dr. Bentley's primary interests are in the history of analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy of science, and in applying the insights gained from these historical studies to contemporary issues, primarily in philosophy of science and epistemology. His recent research focuses particularly on the work of Otto Neurath and Rudolf Carnap, and explores their respective projects providing a meta-theory for science. He is attempting to demonstrate the compatibility of their two projects as a form of naturalized epistemology which retains a conventional analytic/synthetic distinction, and is therefore distinct from more familiar Quinean approaches to epistemological naturalism.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Logical Empiricism and Naturalism
Book Subtitle: Neurath and Carnap’s Metatheory of Science
Authors: Joseph Bentley
Series Title: Vienna Circle Institute Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29328-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29327-6Published: 02 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29330-6Published: 03 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29328-3Published: 01 June 2023
Series ISSN: 1571-3083
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 216
Topics: Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, History of Philosophy