Walter Dubislav
Walter Dubislav | |
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| Born | September 20, 1895 |
| Died | September 17, 1937 (aged 41) |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Berlin |
| Spouse | Gertrud Troitsch (†1935) |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Contributions to the theories of definition and proof within mathematical logic (1922) |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinrich Maier |
Walter Dubislav (20 September 1895 – 17 September 1937) was a German
philosopher of science
(Wissenschaftstheoretiker).
Biography
After studying
emigrated to Prague.[2]
He was joint founder (with
logical empiricism.[3]
The founding members of the Berlin Circle were listed as sympathisers within the Vienna Circle.
Dubislav focused on a
mechanistic foundation of mathematics and physics, influenced by Bernard Bolzano's "Theory of Science" (Wissenschaftslehre). He presented a formalised account of Gottlob Frege
's theory of definitions.
Publications
- With Claubberg, K.W.: "A Systematic Dictionary of Philosophy" (Systematisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie). Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1923.
- "On Definitions" (Über die Definition). Weiss, Berlin 1926; 2nd edition published 1927; "Definition" (Die Definition), revised and augmented 3rd edition, Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1931;ISBN 3-7873-0513-0.
- "On the so-called analytic and synthetic judgements" (Über die sogennanten analytischen und synthetischen Urteile). Weiss, Berlin 1926.
- "Fries' Theory of Meaning" (Die Friessche Lehre von der Begründung) in "Representation and Criticism" (Darstellung und Kritik), E. Mattig, Dömitz 1926.
- "On the Theory of the so-called Creative Definitions" (Zur Lehre von den sog. schöpferischen Definitionen). Fulda 1928.
- "On the so-called Object in Mathematics" (Über den sogenannten Gegenstand in der Mathematik) in "The Annual Report of the German Mathematics Convention, 37" (Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 37), pp27–48, Leipzig 1928.
- "On the Methodology of Critical Philosophy" (Zur Methodenlehre des Kritizismus). H. Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1929.
- "Contemporary Philosophy of Mathematics" (Die Philosophie der Mathematik in der Gegenwart). (Philosophische Forschungsberichte 13) Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1932.[4]
- "Philosophy of Nature" (Naturphilosophie). (Philosophische Grundrisse Heft 2) Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1933; also in ISBN 3-8364-1795-2
References
- ^ Walter Dubislav at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Menne, Albert (1959), "Dubislav, Walter Ernst Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 4, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 145–145; (full text online)
- ^ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vienna-circle/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- ^ .
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