|
so:text
|
The new historiography on Logical Empiricism sets in with the rediscovery of Ernst Mach as a precursor of Gestalt theory, evolutionary epistemology, constructivism and the modern historically oriented philosophy of science. But already in Mach’s reception of the Vienna Circle one can see not only a certain pluralism of views but also a polarization of the various positions Nevertheless, this research program, which was interpreted differently by the Vienna Circle, actually represented a sort of prototype for Logical Empiricism in the interwar years – irrespective of whether one backs the bold claim as to the existence of a “typical Austrian philosophy” . (en) |
