
Neurath Reconsidered
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Adam Tamas Tuboly is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He works mainly on the history of philosophy of science, especially on the history and significance of logical empiricism. He edited a special issue on the life and work of Philipp Frank (Studies in East European Thought, 2017), and a volume on Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences: From Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy of Physics(with Sebastian Lutz, Routledge, forthcoming). He works now on a monograph about Otto Neurath's years in England and their relevance for the history and sociology of philosophy (Neurath in England: The Planned Reconstruction of Logical Empiricism).
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Chapter 1. Introduction(Jordi Cat and Adam Tamas Tuboly).- Part I: Life and Work (Otto Neurath).- Chapter 2. A Viennese Library in Exile: Otto Neurath and the Heritage of Central European Culture in the Anglo-Saxon World (Friedrich Stadler).- chapter 3. Otto Neurath: The Philosopher in the Cave(Don Howard).- Chapter 4. Science and Socialism: Otto Neurath as a Political Writer (1919-1932)( Günther Sandner).- Chapter 5. United by Action: Neurath in England(Adam Tamas Tuboly).- Part II: Science, Society, and Method.- Chapter 6. Visualizing Relations in Society and Economics: Otto Neurath's
Isotype-method Against the Background of his Economic Thought(Elisabeth Nemeth).- chapter 7. Traveling Exhibitions in the Field: Settlements, War-Economy, and the Collaborative Practice of Seeing, 1919-1925(Sophie Hochhäusl).- Chapter 8. Generating Cognitive Tools. Neurath's Educational Ideal and the Concept of ISOTYPE(Angélique Groß).- Chapter 9. Rationality and Pseudo-Rationality in Political Economy: Neurath, Mises, Weber (Thomas Uebel).- Chapter 10. Neurath's Theory of Theory-Classification: History, Optics, & Epistemology(Gábor Zemplén).- Part III: Logic and Semantics.- Chapter 11. Neurath and the Legacy of Algebraic Logic(Jordi Cat).- Chapter 12. Neurath and Carnap on Semantics (A. W. Carus).- Chapter 13. Rejecting Semantic Truth: On the Significance of Neurath's Syntacticism (Derek Anderson).- Part IV: Context and Influence.- Chapter 14. What a Difference a Decade Makes: The Planning Debates and the Fate of the Unity of Science Movement(George Reischc).- Chapter 15. Of Tennis Courts and Fireplaces: Neurath's Internment on the Isle of Man and his Politics of Design(Michelle Henning).
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