The Cambridge History of Philosophy 18701945
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 974
ISBN-13: 9780521591041
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Western philosophy, c 1800 to c 1900; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; History & Surveys - General; History
First sentence: The positivist impulse, to accept only what is certain and to reject anything in any degree speculative, from its earliest intimations in classical Greece to its most recent revival in contemporary anti-realist philosophy of science, expresses itself in two main ways.