Utopianism, Rationality, and Thought Experiments in Viennese Late Enlightenment
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
The panel highlights and critically discusses ideas of the two most prominent protagonists of scientific utopianism in Viennese Late Enlightenment: Otto Neurath and Josef Popper-Lynkeus. Particular attention will be paid to the following themes: 1) Neurath?s and (to a lesser degree) Popper-Lynkeus?s epistemology invokes a cautionary notion of rationality. 2) Neurath?s notion of rationality and his strict empiricism inspire a constructive refinement of Häggqvist?s template for thought experiment in contemporary philosophy of thought experiments. 3) Popper-Lynkeus?s social program pioneers topical issues such as calculation-in-kind and universal basic income.
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