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Otto Neurath | |
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Born | Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath 10 December 1882 |
Died | 22 December 1945 Oxford, England | (aged 63)
Education | University of Vienna (no degree) University of Berlin (PhD, 1906) Heidelberg University (Dr. phil. hab., 1917) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy Logical positivism Vienna Circle Epistemic coherentism[1] |
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Doctoral advisor | Gustav Schmoller, Eduard Meyer |
Main interests | Philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Physicalism[1] Protokollsatz (protocol statement) Neurath's boat Isotype |
Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈnɔʏʁaːt]; 10 December 1882 – 22 December 1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. He was also the inventor of the ISOTYPE method of pictorial statistics and an innovator in museum practice. Before he fled his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle.