Otto Neurath

Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was a highly unorthodox thinker both in philosophy and economics. He proposed a radically expanded scope of economic analysis that would facilitate a comparative and systematic study of the impact of a great variety of economic and political measures on a population’s well-being.

This volume critically reexamines Otto Neurath’s conception of the unity of science. Some of the leading scholars of Neurath’s work, along with many prominent philosophers of science critically examine his place in the history of philosophy of science and evaluate the relevance of his work for contemporary debates concerning the unity of science.

This highly readable book is a collection of critical papers on Otto Neurath (1882-1945). It comprehensively re-examines Neurath’s scientific, philosophical and educational contributions from a range of standpoints including historical, sociological and problem-oriented perspectives. Leading Neurath scholars disentangle and connect Neurath’s works, ideas and ideals and evaluate them both in their original socio-historical context and in contemporary philosophical debates. Readers will discover a new critical understanding.

Scientific Philosophy: Origins and Development is the first Yearbook of the Vienna Circle Institute, which was founded in October 1991. The book contains original contributions to an international symposium which was the first public event to be organised by the Institute: `Vienna–Berlin–Prague: The Rise of Scientific Philosophy: The Centenaries of Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach and Edgar Zilsel.'

Da almeno due secoli, nella società industrializzata, il graphic design contribuisce a dare forma agli oggetti e ai discorsi che ci circondano in ogni ambito della produzione e della conoscenza: dal packaging delle merci ai sistemi di segnaletica, dall'editoria alle interfacce digitali. Un potere non soltanto estetico, ma retorico e politico, su cui vale la pena meditare. "Filosofia del graphic design" è la prima antologia in lingua italiana che raccoglie le idee, le visioni, i manifesti di alcuni dei maggiori protagonisti della grafica del Novecento: artisti, designer e tipografi che si sono dedicati alla riflessione critica dall'interno del proprio mestiere, arrivando ad anticipare molti degli aspetti del mondo attuale…