Title:
Exact thinking in demented times : the Vienna Circle and the epic quest for the foundations of science
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Edition:
First United States edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2017.
Physical Description:
xviii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780465096954
Abstract:
The philosophy of science between the two world wars, 1920s-1930s.
General Note:
"December 2017"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Preface / by Douglas Hofstadter -- Bringing the Vienna Circle into focus -- A tale of two thinkers -- A trial run for the Vienna Circle -- The circle starts rolling -- The turn of the circle -- The circle makes a name for itself -- Tangents -- The parallel circle -- The circle squeezed -- Moral matters -- The circle's end -- Circling the globe -- Fadeout -- Afterword.
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Language:
English
