Philipp Frank

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human logical empiricist member of the Vienna Circle philosopher physicist science historian university teacher

Philipp Frank was an Austrian physicist and philosopher best known as a leading member of the Vienna Circle and an influential proponent of logical positivism.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → logical empiricist → member of the Vienna Circle → philosopher → physicist → science historian → university teacher →
academicAdvisor	Ludwig Boltzmann →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfCitizenship	Austria → Austria-Hungary → United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
educatedAt	University of Vienna →
employer	German University in Prague → Harvard University →
familyName	Frank →
fieldOfWork	history of science → philosophy of science → physics →
givenName	Philipp →
influenced	logical empiricism in America → philosophy of science in the United States →
influencedBy	Albert Einstein → Ernst Mach → Ludwig Boltzmann →
knownFor	bridging physics and philosophy of science → contributions to logical positivism → popularization of Einstein’s work →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
memberOf	Vienna Circle →
migratedTo	United States of America →
movement	Vienna Circle → logical empiricism → logical positivism →
name	Philipp Frank →
notableWork	Einstein: His Life and Times → Modern Science and Its Philosophy → Philosophy of Science: The Link Between Science and Philosophy →
occupation	university professor →
placeOfBirth	Vienna →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	lecturer in physics and philosophy of science at Harvard University → professor of theoretical physics at the German University in Prague →
reasonForMigration	rise of Nazism in Europe →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
logical positivism →	keyFigure
Vienna Circle →	member
Philipp Frank →	name