Early German Positivism

— —

Frederick C. Beiser (Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University)

Early German Positivism

Frederick C. Beiser (Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University)

$177.95

Hardback

Forthcoming
Pre-Order now

QTY:

English

Oxford University Press
21 November 2024

Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Philosophy of science

In Early German Positivism, Frederick C. Beiser explores a much neglected or forgotten period of the history of philosophy: the history of German positivism from 1860 to 1907. Almost all studies of positivism revolve around the Vienna Circle. Instead, this study covers positivism even before the first Vienna circle (1907). Beiser delves into figures almost completely forgotten in the German and Anglo-American worlds: Theodor Gomperz (1832-1912), Eugen Dühring (1833-1921), Ernst Laas (1837-1885), and Friedrich Jodl (1849-1914); he also examines Ernst Mach (1838-1916) and Richard Avenarius (1843-1896), who are much better known but contemporaries of these thinkers. Several positivist themes unite these thinkers: rejection of the synthetic a priori; opposition to pessimism; a philosophy of monism, naturalism and historicism; and the belief that the highest good can be achieved only under the guidance of science. Early German Positivism aims to place positivism in a wider intellectual context, which goes back to the Enlightenment and the opposition to the Christian tradition.

By: Frederick C. Beiser (Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Syracuse University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780198927259
ISBN 10: 0198927258
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 21 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the USA. He studied in the UK at Oriel College and Wolfson College, Oxford, and then in Germany for many years, receiving stipends from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung during that time. He has taught in many universities in the USA including Yale, Harvard, Penn, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Indiana. In 2015 President Joachim Gauck awarded him the Bundesverdienstkreuz (the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) for his work on German philosophy. Beiser was Professor of Philosphy at Syracuse University for 22 years until he retired in 2022.