Full Description
This book on the life and work of Josef Schächter, member of the Vienna Circle and Rabbi, covers all writings of his Viennese period until 1938. The works include his dissertation on Nicolai Hartmann, his monograph Prolegomena zu einer kritischen Grammatik inspired by Wittgenstein, his Introduction to Logic, and several articles on linguistic and analytic philosophy, ethics, and religion. It is an important source for anyone working on Schächter, Wittgenstein and/or the Vienna Circle. It provides students and researchers with a special contribution to the Jewish cultural history of Vienna before the Shoah.
Contents
Introduction.- Dissertation and Examiner's Report by Moritz Schlick.- Prolegomena zu einer kritischen Grammatik.- On the Essence of Philosophy.- Ein Beitrag zu einer Analyse des Begriffs Kultur.- Religion and Science.- Eine kurze Einführung in die Logistik.- Review of F. Waismann's Einführung in das mathematische Denken.- Notes on Problems of Ethics and the Philosophy of Culture .- The Meaning of Pessimistic Sentences.
