Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences: From Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy of Physics

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
1	Introduction: From Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy of Physics
Part 1
The Rise of Philosophy of Physics
	2	The Electromagnetic Way to the Scientific World-Conception: Maxwell’s Equations at the Service of Logical Empiricism
	3	Kurt Grelling and the Idiosyncrasy of the Berlin Logical Empiricism
	4	The Selection of Facts in Poincaré and Neurath
	5	The Philosopher Physicists: Albert Einstein and Philipp Frank
	6 On the Empirical Refutation of Epistemological Doctrine in Hans Reichenbach’s Early Philosophy
Part 2 The Philosophy of Physical Theories
	7 Carnap, Einstein, and the Empirical Foundations of Space-Time Geometry
	8	Einstein, General Relativity, and Logical Empiricism
	9	‘Geometrization of Physics’ Vs. ‘Physicalization of Geometry’. The Untranslated Appendix to Reichenbach’s Philosophie der Raum-Zeit-Lehre
	10 Did Logical Positivism Influence the Early Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?
	11	Why Moritz Schlick’s View on Causality Is Rooted in a Specific Understanding of Quantum Mechanics
	12	The Legacy of Logical Empiricism
Part 3
General Philosophy of Physics
	13	Probability Theory as a Natural Science: Richard von Mises’ Frequentism
	14	From Physical Possibility to Probability and Back: Reichenbach’s Account of Coordination
	15	Two Constants in Carnap’s View on Scientific Theories
	16 From the Periphery to the Center: Nagel, Feigl, and Hempel
	17 Understanding Metaphysics and Understanding Through Metaphysics: Philipp Frank on Scientific Theories and Their Domestication
About the Editors and Authors
Index