Overview
- First systematic presentation of Ernest Nagel’s life and work
- Groundbreaking collection to address twentieth-century history of philosophy of science
- A collection of readable essays on Nagel's life and work, with a Nagel-interview and an unpublished talk of Nagel
Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science (LEUS, volume 53)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Nagel in the History of Philosophy
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Issues in General Philosophy of Science
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The Social Sciences and the Social Role of Philosophy
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Previously Unpublished Papers
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About this book
This volume is dedicated to the life and work of Ernest Nagel (1901-1985) counted among the influential twentieth-century philosophers of science. Forgotten by the history of philosophy of science community in recent years, this volume introduces Nagel’s philosophy to a new generation of readers and highlights the merits and originality of his works.
Best known in the history of philosophy as a major American representative of logical empiricism with some pragmatist and naturalist leanings, Nagel’s interests and activities went beyond these limits. His career was marked with a strong and determined intention of harmonizing the European scientific worldview of logical empiricism and American naturalism/pragmatism. His most famous and systematic treatise on, The Structure of Science, appeared just one year before Thomas Kuhn’s even more renowned, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
As a reflection of Nagel’s interdisciplinary work, the contributing authors’ articles are connected both historically and systematically. The volume will appeal to students mainly at the graduate level and academic scholars. Since the volume treats historical, philosophical, physical, social and general scientific questions, it will be of interest to historians and philosophers of science, epistemologists, social scientists, and anyone interested in the history of analytic philosophy and twentieth-century intellectual history.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ernest Nagel: Philosophy of Science and the Fight for Clarity
Editors: Matthias Neuber, Adam Tamas Tuboly
Series Title: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81010-8
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 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81009-2Published: 22 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81012-2Published: 23 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81010-8Published: 21 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2214-9775
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9783
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 310
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, History of Philosophy