Otto Neurath

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Otto Neurath was an Austrian philosopher, sociologist, and member of the Vienna Circle known for his influential role in logical positivism and for pioneering the ISOTYPE visual communication system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austrian person
economist
human
logical positivist
member of the Vienna Circle
philosopher
sociologist
areaOfInfluence Central Europe
United Kingdom
birthCountry Austria-Hungary
birthDate 1882-12-10
birthPlace Vienna
citizenship Austria
Austria-Hungary
coDeveloperOf ISOTYPE
deathCountry United Kingdom
deathDate 1945-12-22
deathPlace Oxford
employer International Foundation for Visual Education
Museum of Society and Economy, Vienna
familyName Neurath
fieldOfWork economics
logical empiricism
philosophy of science
sociology
visual communication
genre non-fiction
givenName Otto
influenced information design
philosophy of science
visual education
influencedBy Ernst Mach
logical empiricism
knownFor ISOTYPE visual communication system
physicalism in philosophy of science
pictorial statistics
protocol-sentence debate
unity of science movement
language German
memberOf Vienna Circle
movement Vienna Circle
logical empiricism
logical positivism
name Otto Neurath
nationality Austrian
notableIdea boat metaphor for scientific knowledge
coherence theory of truth within scientific language
physicalist language for science
protocol sentences as fallible reports
unity of science
occupation economist
educator
museum director
philosopher
sociologist
spouse Marie Neurath
workedWith Gerd Arntz
Marie Neurath


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