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5Moritz Schlick: Nietzsche und Schopenhauer (Vorlesungen) herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Mathias Iven, 2013. Band 5.1 der Moritz Schlick Gesamtausgabe (MSGA): Abteilung II: Nachgelassene Schriften, herausgegeben unter der Leitung von Friedrich Stadler und Hans-Jürgen Wendel, Wien und New York, Springer, 2006ff. 68€. ISBN 978-370916511 (review)Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 46 (2): 419-423. 2015.
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420Natorp's mathematical philosophy of scienceStudia Kantiana 20 (2). 2022.This paper deals with Natorp’s version of the Marburg mathematical philosophy of science characterized by the following three features: The core of Natorp’s mathematical philosophy of science is contained in his “knowledge equation” that may be considered as a mathematical model of the “transcendental method” conceived by Natorp as the essence of the Marburg Neo-Kantianism. For Natorp, the object of knowledge was an infinite task. This can be elucidated in two different ways: Carnap, in the Auf…Read more
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338"Philosophie ist Möglichkeitswissenschaft" - Zur Beziehung von Philosophie, Wissenschaft und logischer Analyse bei RussellAufklärung Und Kritik 2020 (1). 2020.Bis heute wird Russells Philosophie nicht selten der Vorwurf gemacht, es fehle ihr an Kohärenz und Zusammenhang. Russell wird als ein Autor charakterisiert, der alle paar Jahre eine neue alternative Philosophie vorgeschlagen habe. In der vorliegenden Arbeit soll dagegen argumentiert werden, daß diese These auf einer zu oberflächlichen Ein–schätzung von Russells Denken beruht. Seine Philosophie verfügte sehr wohl über eine Einheit, die durch ihre charakteristische einheitsstiftende Methode vermit…Read more
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537From Cautious Enthusiasm to Profound Disenchantment - Ernest Nagel and Carnapian Logical EmpiricismIn Matthias Neuber & Adam Tamas Tuboly (eds.), Ernest Nagel: Philosophy of Science and the Fight for Clarity, Springer. 2021.The global relation between logical empiricism and American pragmatism is one of the more difficult problems in history of philosophy. In this paper I’d like to take a local perspective and concentrate on the details that concern the vicissitudes of a philosopher who played an important role in the encounter of logical empiricism and American pragmatism, namely, Ernest Nagel. In this paper, I want to explore some aspects of Nagel’s changing attitude towards the then „new“ logical-empiricist…Read more
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1123Topological Aspects of Epistemology and MetaphysicsIn Silvano Zipoli Caiani & Alberto Peruzzi (eds.), Structures Mères: Semantics, Mathematics, and Cognitive Science, Springer. 2020.The aim of this paper is to show that (elementary) topology may be useful for dealing with problems of epistemology and metaphysics. More precisely, I want to show that the introduction of topological structures may elucidate the role of the spatial structures (in a broad sense) that underly logic and cognition. In some detail I’ll deal with “Cassirer’s problem” that may be characterized as an early forrunner of Goodman’s “grue-bleen” problem. On a larger scale, topology turns out to be useful i…Read more
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157Idealisation and Mathematisation in Cassirer's Critical IdealismIn Donald Gillies (ed.), Laws and Models in Science, King's College Publications. 2004.
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458Mathematische Wissenschaftsphilosophie im Marburger NeukantianismusSiegener Beiträge Zur Geschichte Und Philosophie der Mathematik 11. 2019.
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Carnap’s Aufbau in the Weimar ContextIn Christian Damböck (ed.), Influences on the Aufbau, Springer Verlag. 2016.
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575Prototypes, Poles, and Topological Tessellations of Conceptual SpacesSynthese 199 (1). 2021.Abstract. The aim of this paper is to present a topological method for constructing discretizations (tessellations) of conceptual spaces. The method works for a class of topological spaces that the Russian mathematician Pavel Alexandroff defined more than 80 years ago. Alexandroff spaces, as they are called today, have many interesting properties that distinguish them from other topological spaces. In particular, they exhibit a 1-1 correspondence between their specialization orders and thei…Read more
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66Francesca Biagioli. Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer (review)Philosophia Mathematica (2). 2018.© The Authors [2017]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected] book Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer is a reworked version of Francesca Biagioli’s PhD thesis. It aims ‘[to offer] a reconstruction of the debate on non-Euclidean geometry in neo-Kantianism between the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century’. More precisely, Biagioli concentrates on ho…Read more
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27Scientific Theories as Intervening RepresentationsTheoria 21 (1): 21-38. 2010.In this paper we use some ideas of Hertz and Duhem to propose a new concept of representation that overcomes the dichotomy between representation and intervention. It is based on the category-theoretical notion of adjoint situations and is used to explain the relation between empirical facts and theoretical laws in a new way.
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80Moritz Schlick, Kritische Gesamtausgabe, herausgegeben von Friedrich Stadler und Hans-Jürgen Wendel: Die Wiener Zeit. Aufsätze, Beiträge Rezensionen 1926–1936, Abteilung I, Band 6 (review)Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 40 (1): 155-160. 2009.
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71Moritz Schlick, Kritische Gesamtausgabe, herausgegeben von Friedrich Stadler und Hans-Jürgen Wendel: Allgemeine Erkenntnislehre, Abteilung 1, Band 1 (herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Hans Jürgen Wendel und Fynn Ole Engler): Springer, Wien und New York, 2009., ISBN 978-3-211-32768-5, X + 946 S., € 129,90 (review)Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 40 (2): 391-398. 2009.
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The Space of Mathematics. Philosophical, Epistemological, and Historical ExplorationsErkenntnis 45 (1): 119-122. 1996.
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42El descontento de la filosofía tradicional de la ciencia con el concepto de representación. Réplica a Sergio MartínezCritica 33 (99): 97-109. 2001.En esta réplica a la crítica que Sergio Martínez hace de nuestro artículo "Una teoría combinatoria de las representaciones científicas" sostenemos que su posición está basada en una aceptación acrítica de algunas dicotomías tradicionales y en una interpretación algo distorsionada de la historia de la filosofía. Indicamos que el enfoque expuesto en UTC no puede calificarse de formalista. En filosofía de la ciencia la distinción entre el enfoque "formalista" y el "historicista" es ya obsoleta. Por…Read more
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34Toward a Theory of the Pragmatic A Priori: From Carnap to Lewis and BeyondVienna Circle Institute Yearbook 16 113-132. 2012.The notion of the a priori is an important legacy of Kant for modern philosophy of science. In the course of the 20th century, a variety of proposals was put forward all of which claimed to overcome the inadequacies of Kant’s original proposal of a synthetic a priori for modern science.
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20Scientific Theories as Intervening RepresentationsTheoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 21 (1): 21-38. 2010.In this paper we use some ideas of Hertz and Duhem to propose a new concept of representation that overcomes the dichotomy between representation and intervention. It is based on the category-theoretical notion of adjoint situations and is used to explain the relation between empirical facts and theoretical laws in a new way.
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16Datos, fenómenos y constructos teóricos - Un enfoque representacionalTheoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 13 (1): 61-87. 1998.En la estructura de una teoría se han distinguido tradicionalmente dos niveles conceptual y metodológicamente distintos: el nivel empirico y el teórico. Sostenemos que este enfoque de! doble nivel es incompleto y que conduce además a distorsiones, tanto en la comprensión filosofíca de las teorías como en la de su uso en la praxis científica. En este artículo se diseña un nuevo enfoque, segun el cual las teorías se conciben como estructuras representacionales tripartitas, que comprenden tres nive…Read more
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43La estación de Viena. ¿Un giro olvidado en la filosofía del siglo XX? (review)Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 9 (1): 199-204. 1994.
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337This paper deals with higher-order vagueness in Williamson's 'logic of clarity'. Its aim is to prove that for 'fixed margin models' (W,d,α ,[ ]) the notion of higher-order vagueness collapses to second-order vagueness. First, it is shown that fixed margin models can be reformulated in terms of similarity structures (W,~). The relation ~ is assumed to be reflexive and symmetric, but not necessarily transitive. Then, it is shown that the structures (W,~) come along with naturally defined maps h …Read more
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596Is Leibnizian calculus embeddable in first order logic?Foundations of Science 22 (4). 2017.To explore the extent of embeddability of Leibnizian infinitesimal calculus in first-order logic (FOL) and modern frameworks, we propose to set aside ontological issues and focus on pro- cedural questions. This would enable an account of Leibnizian procedures in a framework limited to FOL with a small number of additional ingredients such as the relation of infinite proximity. If, as we argue here, first order logic is indeed suitable for developing modern proxies for the inferential moves found…Read more
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927A place for pragmatism in the dynamics of reason?Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 43 (1): 27-37. 2012.Abstract. In Dynamics of Reason Michael Friedman proposes a kind of synthesis between the neokantianism of Ernst Cassirer, the logical empiricism of Rudolf Carnap, and the historicism of Thomas Kuhn. Cassirer and Carnap are to take care of the Kantian legacy of modern philosophy of science, encapsulated in the concept of a relativized a priori and the globally rational or continuous evolution of scientific knowledge,while Kuhn´s role is to ensure that the historicist character of scientific know…Read more
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29Neither mereology nor Whiteheadian account of space yet convictedAnalysis 59 (3): 174-182. 1999.
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16Carnap’s Metrical Conventionalism versus Differential TopologyPhilosophy of Science 72 (5): 814-825. 2005.Geometry was a main source of inspiration for Carnap's conventionalism. Taking Poincaré as his witness, Carnap asserted in his dissertation Der Raum that the metrical structure of space is conventional while the underlying topological structure describes ‘objective’ facts. With only minor modifications he stuck to this account throughout his life. The aim of this paper is to disprove Carnap's contention by invoking some classical theorems of differential topology. It is shown that his metrical c…Read more
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278New Work for Carnap’s Quasi-AnalysisJournal of Philosophical Logic 38 (3): 249-282. 2009.Carnap’s quasi-analysis is usually considered as an ingenious but definitively flawed approach in epistemology and philosophy of science. In this paper it is argued that this assessment is mistaken. Quasi-analysis can be reconstructed as a representational theory of constitution of structures that has applications in many realms of epistemology and philosophy of science. First, existence and uniqueness theorems for quasi-analytical representations are proved. These theorems defuse the classical …Read more
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion
PhD, 1995
Donostia-San Sebastián, PV, Spain
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