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1924–1936 group of philosophers and scientists
The Vienna Circle of logical empiricism was a group of philosophers and scientists drawn from the natural and social sciences, logic and mathematics who met regularly from 1924 to 1936 at the University of Vienna, chaired by Moritz Schlick. The Vienna Circle had an influence on 20th-century philosophy, especially philosophy of science and analytic philosophy. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Vienna CircleA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Positivist or post-positivist philosophy of science? The left Vienna Circle and Thomas KuhnInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Wittgenstein und der Wiener KreisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Left Vienna Circle, Part 1. Carnap, Neurath, and the Left Vienna Circle thesisCited 26 times
- Go sideways: Logical positivismA closely related topic
- Go sideways: VerificationismA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Left Vienna Circle, Part 1. Carnap, Neurath, and the Left Vienna Circle thesis
Intersubjective Accountability: Politics and Philosophy in the Left Vienna Circle
The Left Vienna Circle, Part 2. The Left Vienna Circle, disciplinary history, and feminist philosophy of science
American Pragmatism and the Vienna Circle: The Early Years
New Light on the Vienna Circle
Karl Popper, the Vienna Circle, and Red Vienna
A philosopher’s mathematician: hans hahn and the vienna circle
Coherence, anti-realism and the Vienna Circle
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Wittgenstein und der Wiener KreisFriedrich Waismann · 1967
Der Wiener KreisViktor Kraft · 1950
Cambridge and ViennaMaria C. Galavotti · 2006- 📕The Vienna CircleViktor Kraft · 1953
- 📕Murder of Professor SchlickDavid Edmonds · 2020
Sie nannten sich Der Wiener KreisKarl Sigmund · 2015
Einheit der Welt und EinheitswissenschaftGerhard Schlosser · 1993- 📕Weiyena xue pai zhe xueQian Hong · 1989
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🔗 Related topics
- Logical positivism Logical positivism (also known as logical empiricism or neo-positivism) was a philosophical movement rooted in the empiricist tradition, seeking to formulate…
- Verificationism Verificationism, also known as the verification principle or the verifiability criterion of meaning, is a doctrine in philosophy which asserts that a statement…
- Otto Neurath Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath (/ˈnɔɪrɑːt/; Austrian German: [ˈɔtoː ˈnɔʏraːt]; 10 December 1882 – 22 December 1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science…
- Moritz Schlick Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick (/ʃlɪk/; German: [ʃlɪk] ; 14 April 1882 – 22 June 1936) was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of…
- International Encyclopedia of Unified Science The International Encyclopedia of Unified Science (IEUS) was a series of publications devoted to unified science. The IEUS was conceived at the Mundaneum…
- Rudolf Carnap Paul Rudolf Carnap (/ˈkɑːrnæp/; German: [ˈkaʁnaːp]; 18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German philosopher and logician who was active in Europe before…
- Herbert Feigl Herbert Feigl (/ˈfaɪɡəl/; German: [ˈfaɪgl̩]; December 14, 1902 – June 1, 1988) was an Austrian-American philosopher and an early member of the Vienna Circle…
- Carnap Papers The Rudolf Carnap Papers are a large collection of documents and photographs that record much of the life and career of German philosopher Rudolf Carnap…