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Berlin Society for Empirical Philosophy
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I added some to extend certain parts. I looked to be more specific with quotes but didn't find anything that fit well. Please note that much of the substance comes from the websites of Stanford. When referencing a resource like this, page numbers and such cannot be used. One sometimes lists paragraph numbers but only if the paragraphs are numbered in the original. So not sure what else to do. I added about a page and smoothed out other language. The way this is pieced together makes it seem comprehensive.
The Berlin Society of Empirical Philosophy was one of several distinct collaborations of recognized scientific experts of the early 20th century. They came together to determine how to eliminate or reduce the elements of what might be considered the softer sciences of philosophy, sociology, psychology from the processes of scientific exploration in...
While generally not seen as bad in and of themselves, other "metaphysical" presumptions would otherwise make it difficult to understand the value of scientific exploration (Creath, 2011).
The group is generally recognized as being distinct from a second gathering of like-minded experts known as the Vienna Circle, and, according to more recent assessments, other organizations that were evident in less organized ways in many other parts of the world. For the most part, however, some special recognition was given to the Berlin Society because of the association of people like Albert Einstein (Uebel, 2011), whose reputation and credibility undoubtedly added legitimacy to a group whose many ideals are not given serious recognition today. It would be this association and the respect that such relationships engendered that would give the…
Background of the Berlin Society for Empirical Philosophy
The Berlin Society grew out of a desire to find new ways to address the thinking and results of science, perhaps in hopes of developing a unified theory under which all science, and hopefully some philosophical propositions, could be confirmed or disproved. There were major changes and advancements happening on many levels of objective inquiry, and the world seemed to be coming together to share understandings and expectations about what knowledge meant and how it could be harnessed. In theory, by providing a unifying acceptance of what knowledge was, less accurate (and possibly even meaningless) knowledge could be differentiated. This was accepted as being true to the point where many could comfortably accept that the formulas of mathematics and logic could be considered unrelated to the social context in which they were found. This was why many of the supporters, particularly within the Vienna Circle, used the understanding of language and linguistics as a guide for their beliefs (Uebel, 2011).
This then leads us to the operational definition of either Logical Empiricism or Logical Positivism; both terms are considered interchangeable today. The Berlin Society, under the leadership of Hans Reichenbach, opted to use the phrase Logical Empiricism to ensure that the difference between the groups was affirmed. The importance of this can be seen in translations of the writings of Reichenbach where he bemoans how people forget
In fact, development of the idea will be substituted for life (Hegel, 1988). The article on natural right and the System der Sittlichkeit complete each other. The first is destined to reveal a new way of posing the problem of natural right while the second is an attempt to solve this problem by the method proposed here (Goldstein, 2004). The System der Sittlichkeit, like the Platonic republic, is the conception
(Leaves, 680) Similarly Whitman informs us: Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, You shall possess the good of the earth and sun…there are millions of suns left, You shall no longer take things at second or third hand…nor look through the eyes of the dead…nor feed on the specters in books, You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me.
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Monticello, the mansion that Thomas Jefferson designed in the hills of Virginia near the State University that he founded, has three portraits that are to be found on the wall of President Jefferson's study that have remained there for 200 years. These portraits are of three writers Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton and John Locke. Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acquired the Louisiana Purchase form the French, refers
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