Logic, Epistemology, and Scientific Theories - From Peano to the Vienna Circle

This book provides a collection of chapters on the development of scientific philosophy and symbolic logic in the early twentieth century. The turn of the last century was a key transitional period for the development of symbolic logic and scientific philosophy. The Peano school, the editorial board of the Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, and the members of the Vienna Circle are generally mentioned as champions of this transformation of the role of logic in mathematics and in the sciences. The scholarship contained provides a rich historical and philosophical understanding of these groups and research areas. Specifically, the contributions focus on a detailed investigation of the relation between structuralism and modern mathematics. In addition, this book provides a closer understanding of the relation between symbolic logic and previous traditions such as syllogistics. This volume also informs the reader on the relation between logic, the history and didactics in the Peano School. This edition appeals to students and researchers working in the history of philosophy and of logic, philosophy of science, as well as to researchers on the Vienna Circle and the Peano School.


Paola Cantù is Chargée de Recherche CNRS (CRHC) at the Centre Gilles Gaston Granger at Aix-Marseille Université.
Georg Schiemer is professor at the Department of Philosophy and head of department of the Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna. He is also an external fellow at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich.