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Principles and Practices of Neurath’s Picture Language

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Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science

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Otto Neurath (1882–1945) might never have been the pet philosopher of the logical empiricists’ influential movement. For instance, he appears never to have assumed any distinctively genial and agreeable position in the mainstreams of the movement.

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Supported by the University of Helsinki Excellence in Research Grant (2006–2008) and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (2009).

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Pietarinen, AV. (2011). Principles and Practices of Neurath’s Picture Language. In: Symons, J., Pombo, O., Torres, J. (eds) Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0143-4_6

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