REFLECTIONS ON SCHLICK AND WAISMANN ON PHILOSOPHY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5840/eps202461465Keywords:
Schlick, Waismann, the Vienna Circle, progress in philosophyAbstract
This essay deals with the views of two central members of the Vienna Circle, Moritz Schlick and Friedrich Waismann, on the nature of philosophy. It provides a commentary on ‘The Turning Point in Philosophy’, by the former, and ‘How I see Philosophy’, by the latter. The essay ends each commentary with some brief thoughts on what is to be learned from the paper about philosophy and the nature of its progress.
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