The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle

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foundational text of logical empiricism foundational text of logical positivism philosophical manifesto programmatic statement

"The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle" is a foundational manifesto that articulates the Vienna Circle’s program of scientifically oriented philosophy, emphasizing empirical verification, logical analysis, and the rejection of metaphysics.

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instanceOf foundational text of logical empiricism ⓘ
foundational text of logical positivism ⓘ
philosophical manifesto ⓘ
programmatic statement ⓘ
aim to articulate the program of a scientifically oriented philosophy ⓘ
to demarcate meaningful statements from metaphysical pseudo‑statements ⓘ
to promote logical analysis as a tool for clarifying scientific statements ⓘ
associatedWith Moritz Schlick ⓘ
University of Vienna ⓘ
Vienna Circle ⓘ
author Hans Hahn ⓘ
Otto Neurath ⓘ
Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
editor Otto Neurath ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
historicalSignificance key document in the development of logical positivism ⓘ
programmatic manifesto of the Vienna Circle ⓘ
influenced analytic philosophy ⓘ
logical empiricist movement ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
unity of science movement ⓘ
influencedBy Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Ernst Mach ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainTheme anti‑metaphysical stance ⓘ
empirical verification ⓘ
logical analysis of language ⓘ
rejection of metaphysics ⓘ
scientific world-conception ⓘ
unity of science ⓘ
verification principle (in early form) ⓘ
originalTitle The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung: Der Wiener Kreis
philosophicalMovement logical empiricism ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
positionOnKnowledge all knowledge about the world is based on experience ⓘ
positionOnMetaphysics metaphysical statements are cognitively meaningless ⓘ
positionOnPhilosophy philosophy is logical analysis of scientific language ⓘ
publicationYear 1929 ⓘ
subject anti‑metaphysics ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
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