<b>Encyclopedic Mosaics: Neurath and d’Alembert on Science and Demarcation
Abstract
This paper compares the encyclopedic projects of Neurath and of d’Alembert as to the concept of science that is adopted, and to the way science is distinguished from obscurantism. Neurath, in accordance with Vienna Circle proposals, conceives science as an attitude, a world-conception, which directs human efforts towards the solution of problems by means of lived experience. D’Alembert, following the French Enlightenment tendency, takes science as continuous with philosophy, and in opposition to the abuse of dogmatic practices. In both encyclopedias, the stimulus to clarification and to the precision of concepts is found. This reflects on the political struggle of the two encyclopedic groups.
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