Kasimir Twardowski (geb. 1866 in Wien, gestorben 1938 in Lemberg) war einerseits eine der wichtigsten Figuren der Brentanoschule und andererseits der Begrunder der Lemberg-Warschau-Schule der Philosophie. Der Band enthalt samtliche Schriften, die Twardowski auf Deutsch verfasst hat. Die meisten davon wurden veroffentlicht, bevor Twardowski 1895 zum Professor fur Philosophie an der Universitat Lemberg ernannt wurde. Danach publizierte er fast ausschlielich in polnischer Sprache. Als Lehrer von Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Stanislaw Leśniewski, Jan Lukasiewicz und...

This book explores the complexity of two philosophical traditions, extending from their origins to the current developments in neopragmatism. Chapters deal with the first encounters of these traditions and beyond, looking at metaphysics and the Vienna circle as well as semantics and the principle of tolerance. There is a general consensus that North-American (neo-)pragmatism and European Logical Empiricism were converging philosophical traditions, especially after the forced migration of the European Philosophers. But readers will discover a pluralist image of this relation and interaction...

This book features papers on the history and philosophy of science. It also includes related reviews of recent research literature on Rudolf Carnap, Eino Kaila, Ernst Mach, and Otto Neurath.

The central idea behind this volume is that this distinctive field is both historical and philosophical at the same time. Good history and philosophy of science is not just history of science into which some philosophy of science may enter. On the other hand, it is neither philosophy of science into which some history of science may enter. The founding insight of this modern research discipline...