Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Vienna Circle philosopher, advocate of physicalism and unified science
1882, Vienna, Austria — 1945, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Austria · Netherlands · United Kingdom
Otto Neurath is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Vienna Circle philosopher, advocate of physicalism and unified science
Neurath was a philosopher, sociologist and political economist, a leading figure of the Vienna Circle and a champion of physicalism and the unity of science. He invented the ISOTYPE method of pictorial statistics, a foundation of modern information graphics. He was the son of Wilhelm Neurath, a well-known Jewish political economist; of paternal Jewish descent, he fled the rise of Austrofascism and Nazism, escaping via the Netherlands to Britain.
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Vienna Circle philosopher, advocate of physicalism and unified science
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