Friedman on Implicit Definition: In Search of the Hilbertian Heritage in Philosophy of Science

Erkenntnis 76 (3):427-442 (2012)
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Abstract

Michael Friedman’s project both historically and systematically testifies to the importance of the relativized a priori. The importance of implicit definitions clearly emerges from Schlick’s General Theory of Knowledge . The main aim of this paper is to show the relationship between both and the relativized a priori through a detailed discussion of Friedman’s work. Succeeding with this will amount to a contribution to recent scholarship showing the importance of Hilbert for Logical Empiricism

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The logical syntax of language.Rudolf Carnap - 1937 - London,: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co.. Edited by Amethe Smeaton.
Reconsidering Logical Positivism.Michael Friedman - 1999 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
The Logical Syntax of Language.Rudolf Carnap - 1937 - London: Routledge. Edited by Amethe Smeaton.

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