From Scientific Philosophy to Absolute Positivism - Abel Rey and the Vienna Circle
Anastasios Brenner
Brenner traces the French philosopher Abel Rey, whose absolute positivism inspired the Vienna Circle a generation before it existed. A useful bridge between Comte's tradition and logical positivism.
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