Vienna Circlen.

Brit.

/vɪˌɛnə ˈsəːkl/, U.S.

/viˌɛnə ˈsərk(ə)l/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Vienna , circle n.

Etymology: < the name of Vienna (see Vienna n.) + circle n., after German Wiener Kreis Wiener Kreis n. Compare slightly earlier Wiener Kreis n.

A group of empiricist philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians active in Vienna in the 1920s and 1930s, chiefly concerned with methods of verifying statements, the formalization of language, the unification of science, and the elimination of metaphysics, who were influential in the development of logical positivism. Cf. Wiener Kreis n.

ΚΠ

1933 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 7 125 Last and most particularly, one would mention the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle, whose program is based throughout upon this consideration of empirical meaning.

1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. vi. 100 The main attack on metaphysics as such came from philosophers whom we have not previously discussed, the Vienna Circle and their associates.

2018 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 74 111 He [sc. Pierre Duhem] did not take physics to be the only access to reality, as many members of the Vienna circle did.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vienna circle
释义	Vienna Circlen. Brit. /vɪˌɛnə ˈsəːkl/, U.S. /viˌɛnə ˈsərk(ə)l/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Vienna , circle n. Etymology: < the name of Vienna (see Vienna n.) + circle n., after German Wiener Kreis Wiener Kreis n. Compare slightly earlier Wiener Kreis n. A group of empiricist philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians active in Vienna in the 1920s and 1930s, chiefly concerned with methods of verifying statements, the formalization of language, the unification of science, and the elimination of metaphysics, who were influential in the development of logical positivism. Cf. Wiener Kreis n. ΚΠ 1933 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 7 125 Last and most particularly, one would mention the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle, whose program is based throughout upon this consideration of empirical meaning. 1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. vi. 100 The main attack on metaphysics as such came from philosophers whom we have not previously discussed, the Vienna Circle and their associates. 2018 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 74 111 He [sc. Pierre Duhem] did not take physics to be the only access to reality, as many members of the Vienna circle did. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1933
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