The idea of prison abolition by Shelby, Tommie, 1967-

“…Carl G. Hempel lecture series…”


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Rethinking language, mind, and meaning by Soames, Scott

“…Carl G. Hempel lecture series…”


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Logical empiricism and the special sciences : Reichenbach, Feigl, and Nagel

Table of Contents: “…Geometry and empirical science / Carl G. Hempel -- The philosophical significance of the theory of relativity / Hans Reichenbach -- Introduction to the philosophy of physical science, on the basis of logical empiricism / Philipp Frank -- The logical foundations of quantum mechanics / Hans Reichenbach -- Logical and philosophical foundations of the special theory of relativity / Adolf Grünbaum.…”


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The Limitations of deductivism

Table of Contents: “…Provisos : a problem concerning the inferential function of scientific theories / Carl G. Hempel -- Laws, theories, and generalizations / Ronald N. …”


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Philosophical problems of natural science

Table of Contents: “…The theoretician's dilemma: a study in the logic of theory construction / Carl G. Hempel -- What is a law of nature? / Arthur Pap -- Probability and inductive logic / Rudolf Carnap -- An introduction to simplicity / Richard Rudner -- Paradigms and some misinterpretations of science / Thomas Kuhn -- Physical theory, mathematics, and experiment / Pierre Duhem -- The role of models in scientific theory / Mary Hesse -- Ideals of natural order / Stephen Toulmin.…”


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Philosophy of science : an anthology

Table of Contents: “…Studies in the Logic of Confirmation -- Carl G. Hempel -- 3. Confirmation and Relevance -- Wesley C. …”


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Theories of explanation

Table of Contents: “…Studies in the logic of explanation / Carl G. Hempel and Paul Oppenheim -- Explanations, predictions and laws / Michael Scriven -- Statistical explanation and causality / Wesley C. …”


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Logic, probability, and epistemology : the power of semantics

Table of Contents: “…Popper -- On the justification of induction / Hans Reichenbach -- On inductive logic / Rudolf Carnap -- Studies in the logic of confirmation / Carl G. Hempel.…”


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Readings in the philosophy of the social sciences

Table of Contents: “…Farber -- The Logic and Functional Analysis / Carl G. Hempel -- Purpose, Function, Scientific Explanation / Gustav Bergmann -- Functional Explanation in Psychology / Jerry A. …”


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World changes : Thomas Kuhn and the nature of science

Table of Contents: “…Thomas Kuhn, colleague and friend / Carl G. Hempel -- Carnap, Kuhn, and the philosophy of scientific methodology / John Earman -- Remarks on the history of science and the history of philosophy / Michael Friedman -- Rationality and paradigm change in science / Ernan McMullin -- A mathematicians' mutiny, with morals / J.L. …”


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Logical positivism

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Scientific explanation, space, and time by Maxwell, Grover

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Symposium on sociological theory

Table of Contents: “…Gouldner -- The logic of functional analysis / Carl G. Hempel -- Models and theories in social psychology / F.H. …”


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The Legacy of logical positivism : studies in the philosophy of science

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Concepts, theories and the mind-body problem

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Logical empiricism at its peak : Schlick, Carnap, and Neurath

Table of Contents: “…The turning-point in philosophy / Moritz Schlick -- The elimination of metaphysics through logical analysis of language / Rudolf Carnap -- Positivism and realism / Moritz Schlick -- On the character of philosophic problems / Rudolf Carnap -- Physicalism / Otto Neurath -- On protocol sentences / Rudolf Carnap -- Radical physicalism and the "real world" / Otto Neurath -- The logicist foundations of mathematics / Rudolf Carnap -- Discussion about the foundations of mathematics / Hans Hahn -- The new logic / Karl Menger -- On the logical positivists' theory of truth / Carl G. Hempel -- The logical character of the principle of induction / Herbert Feigl -- Testability and meaning / Rudolf Carnap -- What is the aim of ethics? …”


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Analyses of theories and methods of physics and psychology

Table of Contents: “…Hanson -- On the "standard conception" of scientific theories / Carl G. Hempel -- An inductive logic of theories / Mary Hesse -- Structural realism and the meaning of theoretical terms / Grover Maxwell -- Notes on Feyerabend and Hanson / Joseph Margolis -- The crisis in philosophical semantics / William W. …”


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Foundations of the unity of science : toward an international encyclopedia of unified science

Table of Contents: “…Woodger -- Methodology of mathematical economics and econometrics / Gerhard Tintner -- Fundamentals of concept formation in empirical science / Carl G. Hempel -- The development of rationalism and empiricism / Giorgio de Santillana and Edgar Zilsel -- The development of logical empiricism / Joergen Joergensen -- Bibliography and index / Herbert Feigl and Charles Morris.…”


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Philosophy and history, a symposium.

Table of Contents: “…The logic of historical narration / Morton White -- On "the logic of historical narration" / Lee Benson -- Objectivism in history / Maurice Mandelbaum -- Some problems of a working historian / Leo Gershoy -- Relativism and some problems of working historians / Ernest Nagel -- The problems of the working historian : a comment / Bernard Bailyn -- The historical explanation of actions reconsidered / William Dray -- Comments on historical explanation / Leonard Krieger -- Reasons and covering laws in historical explanation / Carl G. Hempel -- Cause and reason in history / Raziel Abelson -- Rational explanations in history / Evelyn Barker -- Observations on history / Lee A. …”


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Decline and obsolescence of logical empiricism : Carnap vs. Quine and the critics

Table of Contents: “…Strawson -- Meaning and synonymy in natural languages / Rudolf Carnap -- Problems and changes in the empiricist criterion of meaning / Carl G. Hempel -- The methodological character of theoretical concepts / Rudolf Carnap -- Significance and analyticity / David Kaplan -- A note on Carnap's meaning criterion / William W. …”


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