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Introduction.
Group of
philosophers who gathered around Moritz Schlick when he was
called to the Vienna University in 1922, organized in a
philosophical association named Verein Ernst Mach (Ernst
Mach Society). Among its members were Moritz Schlick,
chairman of the Ernst Mach Society, Gustav Bergmann, Rudolf
Carnap, Herbert Feigl, Philipp Frank, Kurt Gödel, Hans
Hahn, Victor Kraft, Karl Menger, Marcel Natkin, Otto
Neurath, Olga Hahn-Neurath, Theodor Radakovic, Friedrich
Waismann. Members of the Vienna Circle had a common
attitude towards philosophy, characterized by two main
features: first, experience is the only source of
knowledge; second, logical analysis performed with the help
of symbolic logic is the preferred method for solving
philosophical problems.
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