Walter Dubislav

Walter Dubislav was a German logician and philosopher of science.

Biography

After studying mathematics and philosophy, Dubislav attained a doctorate in 1922 with "Contributions to the theories of definition and proof within mathematical logic". In 1928 he became a private lecturer in philosophy of mathematics and the natural sciences at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin and from 1931 was Professor Extraordinarius. In 1936 he emigrated to Prague.
He was joint founder of the 'Berlin Society for Empirical Philosophy', which, along with the Vienna Circle, is one of the points of origin of logical empiricism. The founding members of the Berlin Circle were listed as sympathisers within the Vienna Circle.
Dubislav focused on a logical and mechanistic foundation of mathematics and physics, influenced by Bernard Bolzano's "Theory of Science". He presented a formalised account of Gottlob Frege's theory of definitions.

With Claubberg, K.W.: "A Systematic Dictionary of Philosophy". Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1923.
"On Definitions". Weiss, Berlin 1926; 2nd edition published 1927; "Definition", revised and augmented 3rd edition, Felix Meiner, Leipzig 1931; 4th edition, with an introduction by Wilhelm K. Essler, published by Meiner, Hamburg 1981.
"On the so-called analytic and synthetic judgements". Weiss, Berlin 1926.
"Fries' Theory of Meaning" in "Representation and Criticism", E. Mattig, Dömitz 1926.
"On the Theory of the so-called Creative Definitions". Fulda 1928.
"On the so-called Object in Mathematics" in "The Annual Report of the German Mathematics Convention, 37", pp27–48, Leipzig 1928.
"On the Methodology of Critical Philosophy". H. Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1929.
"Contemporary Philosophy of Mathematics". Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1932.
"Philosophy of Nature". Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1933; also in