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Neurath, Otto
© Copyright Otto Neurath, photo Neurath, Otto, b. Vienna, Dec. 10, 1882, d. Oxford (United Kingdom), Dec. 22, 1945, political economist, sociologist, philosopher. Director of the Museum of Society and Economics in Vienna; created pictorial statistics, which became especially popular in the USA and in Great Britain under the name of "isotype technique"; belonged to the neo-positivist Vienna Circle. 1934 emigrated to Holland, 1941 to England. Editions: Gesammelte philosophische und methodologische Schriften, ed. by R. Haller and H. Rutte, 2 vols., 1981; Gesammelte bildpädagogische Schriften, ed. by R. Haller and R. Kinross, 1991; Gesammelte ökonomische und sozialpolitische Schriften, 2 vols., ed. by R. Haller and U. Höfer, 1998. Literature: K. Müller, Enzyklopädie, Sozialwissenschaft, Bildstatistik, Roman, doctoral thesis, Graz 1989; P. Neurath and E. Nemeth, O. N. oder Die Einheit von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, 1994; N. Cartwright, O. N. Philosophy between Science and Politics, 1996; E. Nemeth (ed.), O. N. Rationalität, Planung, Vielfalt, 1999; T. Uebel, Vernunftkritik und Wissenschaft. O. N. und der erste Wiener Kreis, 2000.
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