Otto Neurath

Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath
	Photo of Neurath published in 1919
Born	Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath; 10 December 1882; Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
Died	22 December 1945 (aged 63); Oxford, England
Education	University of Vienna (no degree); University of Berlin (PhD, 1906); Heidelberg University (Dr. phil. hab., 1917)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy; Logical positivism; Vienna Circle; Epistemic coherentism
Theses	Zur Anschauung der Antike über Handel, Gewerbe und Landwirtschaft (On the Conceptions in Antiquity of Trade, Commerce and Agriculture) (1906); Die Kriegswirtschaftslehre und ihre Bedeutung für die Zukunft (War Economics and Their Importance for the Future) (1917);
Doctoral advisor	Gustav Schmoller, Eduard Meyer
Main interests	Philosophy of science
Notable ideas	Physicalism; Protokollsatz (protocol statement); Neurath's boat; Isotype

Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈnɔʏʁaːt]; 10 December 1882 – 22 December 1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. He was also the inventor of the ISOTYPE method of pictorial statistics and an innovator in museum practice. Before he fled his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle.

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