Otto Neurath

Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945) Otto NeurathPhoto of Neurath published in 1919BornOtto Karl Wilhelm Neurath(1882-12-10)10 December 1882Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)Died22 December 1945(1945-12-22) (aged 63)Oxford, EnglandEducationEducationUniversity of Vienna (no degree)University of Berlin (Ph.D., 1906)Heidelberg University (Dr. phil. hab., 1917)Theses Zur Anschauung der Antike über Handel, Gewerbe und Landwirtschaft (On the Conceptions in Antiquity of Trade, Commerce and Agriculture) (1906) Die Kriegswirtschaftslehre und ihre Bedeutung für die Zukunft (War Economics and Their Importance for the Future) (1917) Doctoral advisorGustav SchmollerEduard MeyerPhilosophical workEra20th-century philosophyRegionWestern philosophySchoolAnalytic philosophyLogical positivismVienna CircleEpistemic coherentismInstitutionsNew Vienna Commercial AcademyHeidelberg UniversityMain interestsPhilosophy of science, sociology, political economy, logic, pedagogy, museologyNotable ideasPhysicalismProtokollsatz (protocol statement)Neurath's boatIsotype Part of a series onLogical positivism Main article Vienna Circle Logical empiricism Topics Origins and contex