On Logic and the Theory of Science by Cavailles, Jean

On Logic and the Theory of Science

A new translation of the final work of French philosopher Jean Cavaill s.In this short, dense essay,...
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On Logic and the Theory of Science by Cavailles, Jean

On Logic and the Theory of Science

$50.08

On Logic and the Theory of Science

$50.08
Author: Jean Cavailles
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A new translation of the final work of French philosopher Jean Cavaill s.

In this short, dense essay, Jean Cavaill s evaluates philosophical efforts to determine the origin--logical or ontological--of scientific thought, arguing that, rather than seeking to found science in original intentional acts, a priori meanings, or foundational logical relations, any adequate theory must involve a history of the concept.

Cavaill s insists on a historical epistemology that is conceptual rather than phenomenological, and a logic that is dialectical rather than transcendental. His famous call (cited by Foucault) to abandon a philosophy of consciousness for a philosophy of the concept was crucial in displacing the focus of philosophical enquiry from aprioristic foundations toward structural historical shifts in the conceptual fabric.
This new translation of Cavaill s's final work, written in 1942 during his imprisonment for Resistance activities, presents an opportunity to reencounter an original and lucid thinker. Cavaill s's subtle adjudication between positivistic claims that science has no need of philosophy, and philosophers' obstinate disregard for actual scientific events, speaks to a dilemma that remains pertinent for us today. His affirmation of the authority of scientific thinking combined with his commitment to conceptual creation yields a radical defense of the freedom of thought and the possibility of the new.



Author: Jean Cavailles
Publisher: Urbanomic/Sequence Press
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781733628105

About the Author
Jean Cavaillès (1903-1944) was a French logician and philosopher who taught in Paris and Strasbourg. He was imprisoned as a member of the French Resistance and was executed by the Gestapo on February 17, 1944.

Georges Canguilhem is Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne and former director of the Institut d'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques de l'Université de Paris. His works include La Connaissance de la Vie, Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences, and The Normal and the Pathological.

Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.

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