Berlin Circle

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The Berlin Circle was a group of early 20th-century philosophers and scientists in Berlin who advanced a scientifically oriented, empiricist approach to philosophy closely related to logical positivism.

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instanceOf group of philosophers ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
scientific community ⓘ
approximateEndTime 1930s ⓘ
approximateStartTime 1920s ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dissolutionCause emigration of members ⓘ
rise of National Socialism in Germany ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
field epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
scientific philosophy ⓘ
hasCharacteristic collaboration between philosophers and scientists ⓘ
emphasis on empirical science ⓘ
scientifically oriented approach to philosophy ⓘ
use of logical analysis ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalFocus empirical basis of knowledge ⓘ
rejection of traditional metaphysics ⓘ
role of logic in science ⓘ
scientific world-conception ⓘ
unity of science ⓘ
influenced analytic philosophy ⓘ
logical empiricism ⓘ
philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy Vienna Circle ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
modern physics ⓘ
language German ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
meetingPlace Berlin University area ⓘ
linked to: Campus Mitte
movement analytic philosophy ⓘ
logical empiricism ⓘ
scientific empiricism ⓘ
philosophicalStance anti-metaphysics ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
scientism ⓘ
verificationism ⓘ
linked to: logical positivism
region Weimar Republic ⓘ
relatedTo Vienna Circle ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ

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logical positivism → developedByGroup → Berlin Circle ⓘ
Hans Reichenbach → founded → Berlin Circle ⓘ
Carl Hempel → memberOf → Berlin Circle ⓘ
Hans Reichenbach → memberOf → Berlin Circle ⓘ
subject linked to: Reichenbach
Carl Gustav Hempel → memberOf → Berlin Circle ⓘ
subject linked to: Hempel