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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 [[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>
== 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>