Author: Sarkar, Sahotra; editor:
Title: Logical Empiricism and the Special Sciences: Reichenbach, Feigl, and Nagel.
Description: New York & London, Garland Publishing, Inc. 1996. orig.cloth.. 24x15cm, xix, 354 pp, Series: Science and Philosphy in the Twentieth Century: Basic Works of Logical Empiricism, Volume 4.. Textual tables. Small label on rear cover, VG. ¶ Contains 18 papers. Includes: C.G. Hempel "Geometry and Empirical Science";H. Reichenbach "The Philosophical Significance of the Theory of Relativity" ; P. Frank "Introduction to the Philosophy of Physical Science,on the Basis of Logical Empiricism"; H. Reichenbach "The Logical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics"; A. Grünbaum "Logical and Philosophical Foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity"; R. Carnap "Psycology in Physical Language"; C.G. Hempel "The Logical Analysis of Psycology"; M. Schlick "On the Relation between Psycological and Physical Concepts"; H. Feigl "The Mind-Body Problem in the Development of Logical Empiricism"; H. Feigl " Functionalism, Psycological Theory, and the Uniting Sciences: Some Discussion Remarks"; O. Neurath "Sociology and Physicalism"; C.G. Hempel " The Function of General Laws in History"; A. Grünbaum "Historical Determinism, Social Activism, and Predictions in the Social Sciences"; J.W.N. Watkins "Historical Explanation in the Social Sciences"; C.G. Hempel " The Logic of Functional Analysis"; E. Nagel "Mechanistic Explanation and Organismic Biology"; J.H. Woodger "Studies in the Foundations of Genetics";J.H. Woodger "Biology and Physics".

Keywords: Logical Empiricism, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Positivism, Science, Logic, Physics, Psychology, Biology