Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences

Sebastian Lutz is senior lecturer of theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University. He works on philosophy of science, philosophical methodology, and the history of logical empiricism. Adam Tamas Tuboly is postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group, and a research fellow at the Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries, Medical School, University of Pécs. He works on the history of logical empiricism and philosophy of science.

• 1 Introduction: From Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy of Physics 1 SEBASTIAN LUTZ AND ADAM TAMAS TUBOLY PART 1 The Rise of Philosophy of Physics 19 2 The Electromagnetic Way to the Scientific World-Conception: Maxwell’s Equations at the Service of Logical Empiricism 21 JORDI CAT 3 Kurt Grelling and the Idiosyncrasy of the Berlin Logical Empiricism 64 NIKOLAY MILKOV 4 The Selection of Facts in Poincaré and Neurath 84 KATHERINE DUNLOP 5 The Philosopher Physicists: Albert Einstein and Philipp Frank 121 DON HOWARD 6 On the Empirical Refutation of Epistemological Doctrine in Hans Reichenbach’s Early Philosophy 157 ALAN RICHARDSONPART 2 The Philosophy of Physical Theories 179 7 Carnap, Einstein, and the Empirical Foundations of Space-Time Geometry 181 ROBERT DISALLE 8 Einstein, General Relativity, and Logical Empiricism 198 THOMAS RYCKMAN 9 ‘Geometrization of Physics’ Vs. ‘Physicalization of Geometry’. The Untranslated Appendix to Reichenbach’s Philosophie der Raum-Zeit-Lehre 224 MARCO GIOVANELLI 10 Did Logical Positivism Influence the Early Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics? 262 JAN FAYE AND RASMUS JAKSLAND 11 Why Moritz Schlick’s View on Causality Is Rooted in a Specific Understanding of Quantum Mechanics 283 RICHARD DAWID 12 The Legacy of Logical Empiricism 295 CLARK GLYMOUR PART 3 General Philosophy of Physics 313 13 Probability Theory as a Natural Science: Richard von Mises’ Frequentism 315 MARIA CARLA GALAVOTTI 14 From Physical Possibility to Probability and Back: Reichenbach’s Account of Coordination 336 FLAVIA PADOVANI 15 Two Constants in Carnap’s View on Scientific Theories 354 SEBASTIAN LUTZ16 From the Periphery to the Center: Nagel, Feigl, and Hempel 379 MATTHIAS NEUBER 17 Understanding Metaphysics and Understanding Through Metaphysics: Philipp Frank on Scientific Theories and Their Domestication 401 ADAM TAMAS TUBOLY