VIENNA CIRCLE — An Analysis

<p>While the philosophers of the Vienna Circle (including Rudolf Carnap, Otto Neurath, and the circle&rsquo;s central figure, Moritz Schlick) had plenty of disagreements, they agreed on some general principles: science and logic are the best tools for understanding the world; a statement is only meaningful if you can test it using experiments and observations; and metaphysics is meaningless.</p> <p>Many religious debates are meaningless by the standards of the Vienna Circle. Sure, it&nbsp;seems&nbsp;like everyone understands what you&rsquo;re saying when you talk about God, but the philosophers of the Vienna Circle would disagree. God&rsquo;s existence makes no difference to what we can see and hear and touch. The fact that we can&rsquo;t&nbsp;disprove&nbsp;Her existence, any more than we can disprove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, is no help at all.</p> <p><a href="https://seremonia.medium.com/vienna-circle-an-analysis-212568bbe64a"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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