The Scientific Conception of the World - The Vienna Circle
Hahn, H., Neurath, O., & Carnap, R
The 1929 manifesto of the Vienna Circle by Hahn, Neurath and Carnap. It lays out the scientific world view, the rejection of metaphysics and the program that became logical positivism.
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