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institution1926-1933

Berlin Circle

Disciplines:
philosophy
logic
philosophy of science

Summary

Loosely organized Berlin group of philosophers and scientists associated with logical empiricism, centered on Hans Reichenbach and the journal Erkenntnis.

Core Contribution

Developed the probabilistic account of confirmation and induction as alternatives to the Vienna Circle's verificationism; emphasized the empirical epistemology of physics and the frequency interpretation of probability.

Historical Influences

Hans Reichenbach

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

Erkenntnis The Logical Structure of the World

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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