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The '''Vienna Circle''' were a group of early 20th century [[philosophers]] associated with the [[Ernst Mach Society]] at the university of [[Vienna]], which was chaired by [[Moritz Schlick]]. The most notable members were [[Rudolph Carnap]], [[Freidrich Waismann]] and [[Kurt Goedel]]. The Vienna Circle's central [[belief]] was that experience can be reduced totally to logic. <ref>''The Scientific Conception of the World. The Vienna Circle'' in Sarkar, Sahotra, 1996, p. 337'</ref>

The '''Vienna Circle''' were a group of early 20th century [[philosophers]] associated with the Ernst Mach Society at the university of [[Vienna]], which was chaired by Moritz Schlick. The most notable members were Rudolph Carnap, Freidrich Waismann and also [[Kurt Godel]], who rejected its [[atheism]]. The Vienna Circle's central [[belief]] was that experience can be reduced totally to logic.<ref>''The Scientific Conception of the World. The Vienna Circle'' in Sarkar, Sahotra, 1996, p. 337'</ref> The Vienna Circle influenced several later philosophers, including Alfred Ayer and [[Karl Popper]].

== History ==

== History ==

The Vienna circle started a small philosophical society meeting on every [[Thursday]] evening from 1924 onwards. Many members were leading Austrian mathmaticians, scientists and philosophers. <ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vienna-circle/#BasPerActOveDoc 2.2:Activities</ref>

The Vienna circle started a small philosophical society meeting on each Thursday evening beginning in 1924. Many members were leading Austrian mathematicians, scientists and philosophers.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vienna-circle/#BasPerActOveDoc 2.2:Activities</ref> Its rise in prestige started in 1929, when it intiated a lecture series on [[mathematics]] and [[philosophy]] and published a great amount of material on the mathematical and logical basis of philosophy. It quickly gained an international profile, collaborating with the Berlin Society to produce an annual journal on philosophy and science.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vienna-circle/#BasPerActOveDoc 2.3:</ref>