PHILOSOPHER

Otto Neurath

1882 - 1945

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Neurath has received more than 338,686 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Otto Neurath is the 350th most popular philosopher (down from 329th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Austria (down from 197th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Otto Neurath was a leading figure in the Vienna Circle. He is most famous for his contributions to the field of Isotype.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Otto Neurath ranks 350 out of 1,267. Before him are Uriel da Costa, Richard Rorty, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Gaius Musonius Rufus, Günther Anders, and Maurice Halbwachs. After him are Pietro Pomponazzi, Isaac Abarbanel, Haji Bektash Veli, Juan Luis Vives, Jacques Rancière, and Strato of Lampsacus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Otto Neurath ranks 47. Before him are Princess Marie Bonaparte, Nicolai Hartmann, Moritz Schlick, Yanka Kupala, Boris Shaposhnikov, and Karol Szymanowski. After him are Lluís Companys, Éamon de Valera, B. Traven, Yusef of Morocco, Wacław Sierpiński, and Jean Giraudoux. Among people deceased in 1945, Otto Neurath ranks 70. Before him are Arthur Nebe, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Juana Bormann, Heinrich Wölfflin, Odilo Globočnik, and Maurice Halbwachs. After him are Edgar Cayce, Konrad Henlein, Eduard Bloch, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Yun Chi-ho, and Edith Frank.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Neurath ranks 201 out of 1,424. Before him are Erich von Stroheim (1885), Richard Neutra (1892), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745), Anna of Tyrol (1585), Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073), and Jörg Haider (1950). After him are Franz Grillparzer (1791), Karl Böhm (1894), Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290), Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), and Karl Thomas Mozart (1784).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Otto Neurath ranks 9. Before him are Martin Buber (1878), Josef Breuer (1842), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), and Alfred Schütz (1899). After him are Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Jean Améry (1912), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), and Jacob Taubes (1923).

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