Logical Empiricism and Pragmatism

In: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook v.19

In: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook Ser. v.19

Abstract

Editorial -- Contents -- Part I: Logical Empiricism and Pragmatism -- Ernst Mach and Pragmatism - The Case of Mach's Popular Scientific Lectures (1895) -- William James and the Vienna Circle -- The "Pragmatic Oil" -- James, Mach, and others -- Wilhelm Jerusalem: The Viennese Supporter of James' Pragmatism -- James, Vienna, and Philosophy of Science -- A Sequel to the Story -- References -- Classical Pragmatism and Metaphysics: James and Peirce on Scientific Determinism -- Introduction -- Contextualization: Scientific Determinism in the Late Nineteenth Century. A French Anti-deterministic Tradition -- William James on Scientific Determinism -- Charles S. Peirce on Scientific Determinism -- Closing Remarks: Pragmatism, Metaphysics and Science -- References -- Beyond Realism and Antirealism? The Strange Case of Dewey's Instrumentalism -- Reichenbach: Dewyan Instrumentalism from a Positivist Point of View -- Alternate Readings of Dewyan Instrumentalism -- Naturalist Empiricism -- Beyond Realism and Antirealism? -- Instrumentalism: Realism or Antirealism? -- Instrumentalism: Method or Theory? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Dewey's Works -- Essays -- Further Sources -- American Pragmatism, Central-European Pragmatism and the First Vienna Circle -- Introduction -- The First Vienna Circle and American Pragmatism -- The Endorsement of Pragmatism in Schlick's Vienna Circle -- The Problematic Nature of Some Pragmatist Anti-aprioricisms -- Central European Pragmatism -- The First Vienna Circle, Viennese Empiricism and Pragmatism -- Conclusion -- References -- On Rational Restraints of Ontology -- The Armchair Problem -- Rational Restraints and Ontological Context -- Trust in Sense Experience and Scientific Experiments -- Organization of Sensations by Means of Concepts -- Logical or Argumentative Rationality -- Conclusions