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When Arne met J. L.: attitudes to scientific method in empirical semantics, ordinary language philosophy and linguistics
In the autumn of 1959, Arne Naess and J. L. Austin, both pioneers of empirical study in the philosophy of language, discussed their points of...
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Money and Philosophy in Vienna: Otto Neurath and Ludwig Wittgenstein
I identify and discuss cross-disciplinary, intellectual, social, and personal connections as they relate to the philosophical contributions of two...
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Truth and Knowledge in F. P. Ramsey’s Essays: a Pragmatic Overview
This paper aims to renew the “deflationary” interpretation of Ramsey’s theory of truth, with respect to his declared “pragmatist tendency,” which was...
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Periodic law, chemical elements and scientific discoveries: considerations from Norwood Hanson and Thomas Kuhn
The theme surrounding scientific discoveries is quite neglected in and about the sciences, especially in terms of historical and epistemological...
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Philipp Frank and the “Conference for Science, Philosophy and Religion”, 1940–1968
As the only representative of the former Vienna Circle and the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, Philipp Frank (1884–1966) participated...
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Semiotics and Pragmatism: Theoretical Interfaces
This chapter reflects on the logical interfaces between Charles S. Peirce’s Pragmatism and Semiotics, identifying and bringing together both...
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Arnošt Kolman’s Critique of Mathematical Fetishism
Arnošt Kolman (1892–1979) was a Czech mathematician, philosopher and Communist official. In this paper, we would like to look at Kolman’s arguments...
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Taking Historical Epistemology to the International Scene
The aim of this article is to examine the reception of French philosophy of scienceFrench philosophy of science on the world stage, taking up what...
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Counting and Narrating: A Methodological Dialogue of Medieval Literature and History
Narration is almost indispensable for our understanding of the world. Narratives lend structure to what was previously disordered: they capture found...
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Practical concepts and intentional understanding: on the lineage of beginning phenomenology
The critique of pure sense data is a characteristic feature of contemporary philosophy, from Wittgenstein and Heidegger to Martha Nussbaum and Ernst...
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Reason and the Philosopher
The starting point for the story of existentialism is the way in which a new wave of thinkers in the early twentieth century broke away from their...
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Is epistemology necessary?
The necessity of epistemological theorisation for management science is questionable. However, epistemology can be useful if the following...
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Review Essay: A New Book on Austrian Philosophy
This book discusses questions concerning mind and matter, substance and accident, and knowledge and experience in the work of a wide range of...
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For Dialogue Between Strauss and Stiegler
Any encounter between Strauss and Stiegler requires critical elucidation of the notions of polis and nomos as central to classical political...
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Linguistic Analysis: Ayer and Early Ordinary Language Philosophy
The period in which Ayer’s Language, Truth and Logic (LTL) was published saw the emergence of a second view that appeared to have a common doctrine:...
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Otto Neurath’s Scientific Utopianism Revisited-A Refined Model for Utopias in Thought Experiments
Otto Neurath’s empiricist methodology of economics and his contributions to political economy have gained increasing attention in recent years. We...
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The Legal Dimensions of Human Rights
Along this fourth and final chapter I transfer the philosophical discourse on human rights into a proper legal dimension. I begin with a hypothesis...
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Auguste Comte and the Monistic Positivism of Ernst Mach
A comparison between Ernst Mach and Auguste Comte is perfectly relevant: they both belong to the history of positivism. However relevant, such a...