•  6
    Einleitung
    In Michael Heidelberger & Wolfgang Balzer (eds.), Zur Logik Empirischer Theorien, De Gruyter. pp. 1-19. 1983.
  •  442
    The mind-body problem in the origin of logical empiricism: Herbert Feigl and psychophysical parallelism
    In Paolo Parrini, Wes Salmon & Merrilee Salmon (eds.), Cogprints, Pittsburgh University Pres. pp. 233--262. 2001.
    In the 19th century, "Psychophysical Parallelism" was the most popular solution of the mind-body problem among physiologists, psychologists and philosophers. (This is not to be mixed up with Leibnizian and other cases of "Cartesian" parallelism.) The fate of this non-Cartesian view, as founded by Gustav Theodor Fechner, is reviewed. It is shown that Feigl's "identity theory" eventually goes back to Alois Riehl who promoted a hybrid version of psychophysical parallelism and Kantian mind-body theo…Read more
  •  139
    Origins of the logical theory of probability: Von Kries, Wittgenstein, Waismann
    International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 15 (2). 2001.
    The physiologist and neo-Kantian philosopher Johannes von Kries (1853-1928) wrote one of the most philosophically important works on the foundation of probability after P.S. Laplace and before the First World War, his Principien der Wohrscheinlich-keitsrechnung (1886, repr. 1927). In this book, von Kries developed a highly original interpretation of probability, which maintains it to be both logical and objectively physical. After presenting his approach I shall pursue the influence it had on Lu…Read more
  • La contingenza delle leggi di natura in Boutroux
    Discipline Filosofiche 16 (2). 2006.
  •  481
    Aus dem vielfältigen Werk von Hermann von Helmholtz versammelt diese Ausgabe die im engeren Sinne philosophischen Abhandlungen, vor allem zur Wissenschaftsphilosophie und Erkenntnistheorie, sowie Vorträge und Reden, bei denen der Autor seine Ausnahmestellung im Wissenschaftsbetrieb nutzte, um die Wissenschaften und ihre Institutionen in der bestehenden Form zu repräsentieren und zu begründen. Ein Philosoph wollte Helmholtz nicht sein, aber er legte der philosophischen Reflexion wissenschaftlich…Read more
  •  17
    Die Logik der Kriterien (review)
    Grazer Philosophische Studien 4 (1): 172-184. 1977.
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    Aspects of Current History of 19TH Century Philosophy of Science
    In F. Stadler, D. Dieks, W. Gonzales, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel & M. Weber (eds.), The Present Situation in the Philosophy of Science, Springer. pp. 67--74. 2010.
  •  5
    Naturphilosophie refers to the philosophy of nature prevalent especially in German phi- losophy, science and literary movements from around 1790 to about 1830. It pleaded for an organic and dynamic worldview as an alternative to the atomist and mechanist outlook of modern science. Against the Cartesian dualism of matter and mind which had given way to the mechanist materialism of the French Encyclopedists, Spinoza’s dual aspect theory of mind and matter as two modes of a single substance was fav…Read more
  •  18
    Helmholtz als Philosoph
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 43 (5): 835-844. 1995.
  •  19
    Wackermann, Jiří (Ed.)
    Philosophical Psychology 23 (2). 2010.
  •  7
    Ergänzende Literaturangaben
    In Michael Heidelberger & Wolfgang Balzer (eds.), Zur Logik Empirischer Theorien, De Gruyter. pp. 20-23. 1983.
  •  250
    How was the hypothetical character of theories of experience thought about throughout the history of science? The essays cover periods from the middle ages to the 19th and 20th centuries. It is fascinating to see how natural scientists and philosophers were increasingly forced to realize that a natural science without hypotheses is not possible.
  •  18
    Reviews (review)
    British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 34 (4): 406-410. 1983.
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    This article deals with Moritz Schlick's critical realism and its sources that dominated his philosophy until about 1925. It is shown that his celebrated analysis of Einstein's relativity theory is the result of an earlier philosophical discussion about space perception and its role for the theory of space. In particular, Schlick's "method of coincidences" did not owe anything to "entirely new principles" based on the work of Einstein, Poincaré or Hilbert, as claimed by Michael Friedman, but was…Read more
  •  2
    Der Weltbildbegriff, wie er sich im 19. Jahrhundert herausgebildet hat, bezeichnet die zusammenfassende Darstellung der Welt gemäß den Ergebnissen der Naturwissenschaften. Mehr oder weniger untergründig ist damit aber noch mehr mitgemeint: eine aus der Wissenschaft fließende Weltdeutung, die sich an die Stelle der überkommenen Sinnorientierungen und deren Instanzen setzt. Die wissenschaftliche Forschung des späten 19. Jahrhunderts sah sich diesem Ziel der Weltdeutung aus Wissenschaft zum Greifen…Read more
  •  2
    Die Logik der Kriterien (review)
    Grazer Philosophische Studien 4 (1): 172-184. 1977.
  •  7
    Backmatter
    In Michael Heidelberger & Wolfgang Balzer (eds.), Zur Logik Empirischer Theorien, De Gruyter. pp. 332-334. 1983.
  •  92
    Nature From Within: Gustav Theodor Fechner and His Psychophysical Worldview
    with Translator: Cynthia Klohr
    University of Pittsburgh Press. 2004.
    Michael Heidelberger's exhaustive exploration of Fechner's writings, in relation to current issues in the field, successfully reestablishes Fechner'...
  •  7
    Inhalt
    In Michael Heidelberger & Wolfgang Balzer (eds.), Zur Logik Empirischer Theorien, De Gruyter. 1983.
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    Im Rahmen der vorjährigen "Third International History of Philosophy of Science Conference” (HOPOS 2000) an der Universität Wien wurden die politische Bedeutung und der kulturelle Kontext der aus Wien stammenden, jedoch vertriebenen Wissenschaftsphilosophie in einem eigenen Programmschwerpunkt thematisiert. In je vier deutschsprachigen und englischsprachigen Beiträgen werden im vorliegenden Band die historische und politische Bedingtheit und Relevanz des Wiener Kreises bis zur Philosophy of Scie…Read more
  •  7
    Frontmatter
    In Michael Heidelberger & Wolfgang Balzer (eds.), Zur Logik Empirischer Theorien, De Gruyter. 1983.
  •  71
    The term “historical epistemology” can be read in two different ways: (1) as referring to a program of ‘historicizing’ epistemology, in the sense of a critique of traditional epistemology’s tendency to gloss over historical context, or (2) as a manifesto of ‘epistemologizing’ history, i.e. as a critique of radical historicist and relativist approaches. In this paper I will defend a position in this second sense. I show that one can account for the historical development and diversity of science …Read more