Helmholtz's Theory of Space and its Significance for Schlick

British Journal for the History of Philosophy 20 (1):163 - 180 (2012)
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Helmholtz's theory of space had significant impact on Schlick's early ?critical realist? point of view. However, it will be argued in this paper that Schlick's appropriation of Helmholtz's ideas eventually lead to a rather radical transformation of the original Helmholtzian position

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Matthias Neuber
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Reconsidering Logical Positivism.Michael Friedman - 1999 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Allgemeine erkenntnislehre.Moritz Schlick (ed.) - 1925 - Berlin,: J. Springer.

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