Enlightenment and the Spirit of the Vienna Circle

Canadian Journal of Philosophy 17 (4):695 - 709 (1987)
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My main purpose is to discuss what it is for philosophy to enlighten. In kant's sense, Enlightenment is what brings a rational outlook to social and political life. My second purpose is to display the self-Image of the vienna circle as philosophers of enlightenment. They thought the value of positivism was that it expressed the scientific spirit, Which was for them a moral viewpoint

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