Review of History of Philosophy of Science Books

From Vienna to Oxford: Bringing Waismann Home Dejan Makovec and Stewart Shapiro, eds.  Friedrich Waismann: The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy , Cham: Palgrave MacMillan Press, 2019. xix + 343 pages.  € 106,99 Hardcover. ISBN 978-3-030-25007-2 The Vienna Circle, as it is well known, was formed by German-speaking scholars, most of whom were scientists-turned-philosophers. Among these figures, we find those who played a central role in leading and organizing the Circle and who in time gained a wide-ranging international reputation, such as Rudolf Carnap, Moritz Schlick, Otto Neurath, Herbert Feigl or Philipp Frank. There are also those who influenced other members, attended most of the meetings, were recognized in their respected fields but did not enter the mainstream of the history of analytic philosophy. One might think of Karl Menger, Hans Hahn, Viktor Kraft, Felix Kaufmann, or Edgar Zilsel.            ...