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Felix Kaufmann

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Felix Kaufmann · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Philosopher of social science, associated with the Vienna Circle

When

1895, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1949, New York City, New York, United States

Where

Austria · United States

Biography

Felix Kaufmann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher of social science, associated with the Vienna Circle

How & why

Felix Kaufmann was an Austrian-American philosopher of the social sciences associated with the Vienna Circle, who also worked in the philosophy of mathematics and legal theory. After fleeing Nazism he taught at the New School for Social Research in New York, bridging phenomenology and logical empiricism. He was Jewish.

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Philosopher of social science, associated with the Vienna Circle

1895

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy