Francesco Coniglione

University of Catania

Abstract: Scientific philosophy is a sui generis project and it is not possible to assimilate it into analytic philosophy tout court, nor, a fortiori, into the philosophy of science. Scientific philosophy was practised during the early stage of the Vienna Circle before the influence of Wittgenstein's thought became decisive. Afterwards, there was a quick transition to philosophy intended as subsidiary to science, as a mere clarification of meaning, coming, in the end, to its liquidation with Carnap's logical syntax. Different was the path of the Lvow-Warsaw School, which remained committed to Brentano's original programme and never abandoned the idea of the possibility of scientific philosophy. Decisive, here, was the absence of Wittgenstein's influence and the utter irrelevance of that of Mach. It is in Poland that at the present days it has its strongest roots and there we find considerable trends of thought inspired by it. Back

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