This abridged and revised edition of the original book (Springer-Wien-New York: 2001)
offers the only comprehensive history and documentation of the Vienna Circle based on new …

The Vienna Circle was a group of early twentieth-century philosophers who sought to
reconceptualize empiricism by means of their interpretation of then recent advances in the …

For those interested in the history of philosophy of science, logical empiricism holds a
special attraction. Like old sepia-toned photographs of ancestors who made our lives …

At the beginning of 1929 Moritz Schlick received a very tempting call to Bonn. After some
vacillation he decided to remain in Vienna. On this occasion, for the first time it became clear …

Join original Vienna Circle member Victor Kraft in his discussion of the movement for an
exclusive insider's view of this important point in philosophical history. In this in-depth …

In this collection of essays one of the preeminent philosophers of science writing today offers
a reinterpretation of the enduring significance of logical positivism, the revolutionary …

From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an
extraordinary group of philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe's history On June 22 …

As a leading member of the Vienna Circle, Rudolph Carnap's aim was to bring about a"
unified science" by applying a method of logical analysis to the empirical data of all the …

Philosophy of science emerged as a distinctive part of philosophy in the twentieth century. It
set its own agenda, the systematic study of the metaphysical and epistemological …

Abstract When Karl Popper's The Open Society and its Enemies 1 was published in 1945,
shortly after the second World War had ended, his work soon became a classic for the …