Logical Positivism, also called logical empiricism, was the movement built around the Vienna Circle, a group of philosophers and scientists who met regularly in Vienna from 1924 seeking to reconceive empiricism through advances in logic and the physical sciences. It combined a radically anti-metaphysical stance with an empiricist criterion of meaning and a logicist view of mathematics.
Facts
Start YearRegular Thursday-evening discussions began in the winter term of 1924. Founded Date1924 marks the winter term when the Vienna Circle's regular Thursday-evening discussions began, matching this entity's own start-year fact. End YearMarks Moritz Schlick's murder, conventionally cited as the effective end of the Vienna Circle's organized activity; a small remnant continued meeting in Vienna for about two more years afterward. Connections
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Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Source Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Vienna Circle (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Traditions Founded
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1. Vienna Circle (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophySEP Vienna Circle entry, dissolution, re-fetched 2026-09-11
After the murder of Schlick in 1936 only a small rump was able to continue meetings for another two years in Vienna.
1. Introductory Remarks
The Vienna Circle was a group of early twentieth-century philosophers who sought to reconceptualize empiricism
- In Category: Schools of Philosophy
- In Branch: Philosophy of Science
View the Source 2. Vienna Circle (Wikipedia)
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group of philosophers and scientists drawn from the natural and social sciences, logic and mathematics who met regularly from 1924 to 1936
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and Information- Traditions Founded: Moritz Schlick, s.v. The Vienna Circle
- Associated With: Moritz Schlick
View the Source Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
In Branch: Metaphilosophy, entry: Metaphilosophy, IntroductionQuote, In Branch: Metaphilosophy, entry: Metaphilosophy, Introduction
The movement known as Logical Positivism shared the aversion to normative ethics.
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