Pragmatisms and Logical Empiricisms: Response to Misak and Klein
JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY PRAGMATISMS AND LOGICAL EMPIRICISMS: RESPONSE TO VOLUME 4, NUMBER 5 MISAK AND KLEIN THOMAS UebEL EDITOR IN CHIEF KEVIN C. KLEMENt, UnIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS This paper responds to the generous comments by Alexander EDITORIAL BOARD Klein and Cheryl Misak on my “American Pragmatism and the GaRY EBBS, INDIANA UnIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON Vienna Circle: The Early Years”. First, besides offering some GrEG FROSt-ARNOLD, HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES clarification of my original thesis, I argue that Jerusalem was HENRY JACKMAN, YORK UnIVERSITY not liable to the anti-Spencerian criticisms by James that Klein SANDRA LaPOINte, MCMASTER UnIVERSITY adduces in the course of defending James against the charge LyDIA PATTON, VIRGINIA TECH of psychologism. Then I investigate the impact of Wittgen- MARCUS ROSSBERG, UnIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT stein’s Ramsey-derived pragmatism, importantly foregrounded MARK TEXTOR, KING’S COLLEGE LonDON by Misak, on the Vienna Circle and argue that it was mainly lim- AUDREY YAP, UnIVERSITY OF VICTORIA ited to Schlick but not recognized as pragmatist, also leaving RICHARD ZACH, UnIVERSITY OF CALGARY unaffected the impact of James’s pragmatism on Frank, Hahn and Neurath specified in my original paper. That said, Klein’s REVIEW EDITORS and Misak’s comments add significantly to our understanding JULIET FLOYD, BOSTON UnIVERSITY of long-neglected transatlantic philosophical connections in the CHRIS PINCOCK, OHIO STATE UnIVERSITY early twentieth century. ASSISTANT REVIEW EDITOR SEAN MORRIS, METROPOLITAN STATE UnIVERSITY OF DenVER DESIGN DaNIEL HARRIS, HUNTER COLLEGE JHAPONLINE.ORG C 2016 THOMAS UebEL PRAGMATISMS AND LOGICAL EMPIRICISMS: first, concerning the role that the reading of pragmatism as af- RESPONSE TO MISAK AND KLEIN flicted by psychologism played for its reception by Frank, Hahn and Neurath; second, concerning the role that verificationism THOMAS UeBEL played especially in Frank’s reception of Carnap’s Aufbau.
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