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(1993) Scientific philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer.
In this century there has hardly been a group of philosophers more shrouded in misunderstandings and prejudices than the Vienna Circle. (This is best summed up in Passmore's verdict of 1968: "Logical positivism, then, is dead as a philosophical movement ever becomes".)1 After a long slumber this movement is presently experiencing a reawakening of historical interest in its main protagonists and ideas. Critical reassessment was spurred by the edition of the Vienna Circle Collection (eds. H.L. Mulder, R.S. Cohen, B. McGuinness, Reidel/Kluwer Dordrecht, 1974ff.), followed by the publication of the contributions to the 3rd International Wittgenstein Symposium 1978 (Berghel, Hübner, Köhler, 1979). Several years ago a series of writings on the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism was initiated (Wiener Kreis — Schrien zum Logischen Empirismus, eds. H.L. Mulder, R.S. Cohen, B. McGuinness, R. Hegselmann, A.J. Kox, F. Stadler, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1986ff.).2
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2964-2_16
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Nielsen, C. R. (1993). Review of Paul Kruntorad (ed.), Jour fixe der Vernunft. , pp. 241-245.
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