How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science To the Icy Slopes of Logic [Hardcover]

The first in-depth study of the development of philosophy of science during the Cold War.This intriguing and ground-breaking book is the first in-depth study of the development of philosophy of science in the United States during the Cold War. It documents the political vitality of logical empiricism and Otto Neurath's Unity of Science Movement when these projects emigrated to the U.S. in the 1930s and follows their de-politicization by a convergence of intellectual, cultural and political forces in the 1950s. It will prove absorbing reading to philosophers and historians of science, intellectual historians, and scholars of Cold War studies.This intriguing and ground-breaking book is the first in-depth study of the development of philosophy of science in the United States during the Cold War. It documents the political vitality of logical empiricism and Otto Neurath's Unity of Science Movement when these projects emigrated to the U.S. in the 1930s and follows their de-politicization by a convergence of intellectual, cultural and political forces in the 1950s. It will prove absorbing reading to philosophers and historians of science, intellectual historians, and scholars of Cold War studies.This in-depth study of the development of philosophy of science studies in the United States during the Cold War documents the political vitality of logical empiricism and Otto Neurath's Unity of Science Movement when the movement emigrated to the U.S. in the 1930s. It follows its de-politicization by a convergence of intellectual, cultural and political forces in the 1950s. The volume will be of interest to philosophers and historians of science, as well as scholars of Cold War studies.1. An introduction to logical empiricism and the Unity of Science Movement in the Cold War; 2. Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, Charles Morris and Philipp Frank: political philosophers of science; 3. Leftist philosophy of science in America and the reception of logical empiricism in New York City;l#$