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Waismann, FriedrichWaismann, Friedrich, b. Vienna, March 21, 1896, d. Oxford (United Kingdom), Nov. 4, 1959, philosopher. Studied mathematics (under H. Hahn) and physics and later philosophy (under M. Schlick) in Vienna. Co-founder of the Vienna Circle, 1929-1936 assistant to M. Schlick, propagated L. Wittgenstein's philosophy. 1937 emigrated to England. Until 1939 lecturer at the faculty of Moral Sciences at Cambridge University and then Professor of Mathematical Philosophy (later Philosophy of Science) at Oxford. Originally a strict neopositivist, later more under the influence of Wittgenstein. Works: Logische Analyse des Wahrscheinlichkeitsbegriffs, 1930; Die Natur des Reduzibilitätsaxioms, 1935; Über den Begriff der Identität, 1936; Einführung in das mathematische Denken, 1936; Ist die Logik eine deduktive Theorie?, 1938; The Relevance of Psychology to Logic, 1938; Von der Natur eines philosophischen Problems, 1939; Logik, Sprache, Philosophie, 1976; Gespräche, in: L. Wittgenstein Werkausgabe, vol. 3, 1989.
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