Institute Vienna Circle

The Institute Vienna Circle - Society for the Advancement of the Scientific World Conception ("IVC"), an international nonprofit society founded in Vienna in October 1991.

Objectives

The society has two main objectives:
*first, to initiate and promote the documentation of the main body of work of the Vienna Circle and further contributions to the development of its scientific program in the areas of science and adult education and
*secondly to cultivate and apply logical empiricism, critical rationalism and linguistic analysis in the sense of a scientific philosophy, coordinated with general socio-cultural developments.

An important goal of this effort is the democratization of knowledge. It leads to science being understood as a process of enlightenment in contrast to irrationalism, dogmatism and fundamentalism in any social setting, but in cooperation with developments of research.

Activities

The IVC puts its vision into practice by organising a large number of workshops, conferences and seminars on the philosophy of science and related topics. In addition, the IVC publishes very actively in this area at an international level.

The IVC hosts a unique research library of outstanding value to researchers all over the world. It includes jewels such as Otto Neurath's Private Library, the Robert S. Cohen Collection and Archives, the Adolf Grünbaum Archives, the Kurt Blaukopf Library, the Kurt R. Fischer Library and the Eugene T. Gadol Library.

Location

The IVC is located in the University of Vienna.

External links

* [http://www.univie.ac.at/ivc/index_e.htm IVC Web-site (In English or German)]