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Empiricism, Logic and Mathematics

Philosophical Papers

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Authors:
  1. Hans Hahn
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Editors:
  1. Brian McGuinness
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Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Collection (VICC, volume 13)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Superfluous Entities, or Occam’s Razor

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 1-19
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  3. The Significance of the Scientific World View, Especially for Mathematics and Physics

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 20-30
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  4. Discussion about the Foundations of Mathematics (Sunday, 7 September 1930)

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 31-38
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  5. Empiricism, Mathematics, and Logic

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 39-42
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  6. Reflections on Max Planck’s

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 43-50
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  7. Review of Alfred Pringsheim, Vorlesungen über Zahlen- und Funktionenlehre, Vol. I, Parts I and II, Leipzig and Berlin 1916

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 51-72
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  8. The Crisis in Intuition

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 73-102
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  9. Does the Infinite Exist?

    • Hans Hahn
    Pages 103-131
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  10. Back Matter

    Pages 132-142
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About this book

The role Hans Hahn played in the Vienna Circle has not always been sufficiently appreciated. It was important in several ways. In the ftrst place, Hahn belonged to the trio of the original planners of the Circle. As students at the University of Vienna and throughout the fIrst decade of this century, he and his friends, Philipp Frank and Otto Neurath, met more or less regularly to discuss philosophical questions. When Hahn accepted his fIrSt professorial position, at the University of Czernowitz in the north­ east of the Austrian empire, and the paths of the three friends parted, they decided to continue such informal discussions at some future time - perhaps in a somewhat larger group and with the cooperation of a philosopher from the university. Various events delayed the execution of the project. Drafted into the Austrian army during the first world war" Hahn was wounded on the Italian front. Toward the end of the war he accepted an offer from the University of Bonn extended in recognition of his remarkable 1 mathematical achievements. He remained in Bonn until the spring of 1921 when he returm:d to Vienna and a chair of mathe­ matics at his alma mater. There, in 1922, the Mach-Boltzmann professorship for the philosophy of the inductive sciences became vacant by the death of Adolf Stohr; and Hahn saw a chance to realize his and his friends' old plan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Empiricism, Logic and Mathematics

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophical Papers

  • Authors: Hans Hahn

  • Editors: Brian McGuinness

  • Series Title: Vienna Circle Collection

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8982-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1065-9Published: 31 May 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1066-6Published: 30 June 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8982-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 142

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general

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