The Mind-Body Problem in the Origin of Logical Empiricism

A founding member of the Vienna Circle looks back on twenty-five years of logical empiricism: what it got right, what it had to abandon and where it was heading.

Herbert Feigl

Carnap, the leading figure of logical empiricism, explains how scientific terms like electron get their meaning from observation. A key text on the line between theory and experience.

Rudolf Carnap

If theories only connect observations, why do we need unobservable entities at all? Hempel's famous dilemma is one of the classic texts of logical empiricism.

Carl G. Hempel

A student and friend of Carnap explains what his empiricism really amounted to, with special attention to probability and how experience changes our beliefs.

Richard C. Jeffrey