| Theory of Science: A Selection, with an Introduction Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Bolzano, B. (Author), Berg, Jan (Editor), Terrell, Burnham (Translator) |
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ISBN: 9401025150 ISBN-13: 9789401025157 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Gardening - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 501 |
| Series: Synthese Historical Library |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.30 lbs) 398 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present selection from the Wissenschaftslehre (Sulzbach 1837) of Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) aims at giving a compact view of his main ideas in logic, semantics, epistemology and the methodology of science. These ideas are analyzed from a modern point of view in the Introduction. Furthermore, excerpts from Bolzano's correspondence are included which yield important remarks on his own work. The translation of the sections from the Wissenschaftslehre are based on a German text, which I have located in the Manuscript Department of the University Library in Prague (signature: 75 B 459). It was one of Bolzano's own copies of his printed work and contains a vast number of corrections made by Bolzano himself, thus representing the final stage of his thought, which has gone unnoticed in previous editions. The German originals of Bolzano's letters to M. J. Fesl, J. P. Romang, R. Zimmermann and F. Pi'ihonsky are in the Literary Archive of the Pamatnfk narodnfho pfsemnictvf in Prague. The original of the letter to F. Exner belongs to the Manuscript Department of the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. The original of the letter to J. E. Seidel is preserved in the Museum of the City of Ceske Budejovice. |
