Encyclopedia and utopia : the life and work of Otto Neurath (1882-1945)

Editorial. Articles: Encyclopedia and Utopia: The Life and Work of Otto Neurath. Otto Neurath - Encyclopedia and Utopia F. Stadler. Otto Neurath's Vision of Science Between Utopia and Encyclopedia E. Nemeth. I: Otto Neurath - Life, Work, and Influence. Otto Neurath (1882-1945) - Life and Work P. Neurath. Otto Neurath - For and Against R. Haller. Philosophy in the Earthly Plane N. Cartwright, T.E. Uebel. II: Scientific World Conception - Unity of Science - Encyclopedia. Vienna Circle and French Enlightenment - A Comparison of Diderot's Encyclopedie with Neurath's International Encyclopedia of Unified Science H.-J. Dahms. Atlases, Cities, Mosaics - Neurath and the Encyclopedie W. Tega. Terminology in Action: Neurath and the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science G. Reisch. Encyclopedism as an Anti-Cartesian Account of Language and Science T. Mormann. Normativity and Convention - On the Constructivist Element of Neurath's Naturalism T.E. Uebel. The Auxiliary Motive in the Forest and in Optics M. Stoltzner. Can Science be Likened to a Well-Written Fairy Tale? A Contemporary Reply to Schlick's Objections to Neurath's Coherence Theory T. Grundmann. III: Pictorial Statistics - Isotype - Museology. Otto Neurath and Contemporary Knowledge and Information Societies - A Newly Established Liaison K.H. Muller. Isotype and Infographics A. Jansen. The Changing Media of Visual Statistics D. Skopec. Otto Neurath and the CIAM - The International Pictorial Language as a Notational System for Town Planning E. Chapel. Otto Neurath and the Modern Public Museum: The Case of theNatural History Museum (London) R. Miles. 'Scientific World Conceptions' and Museum Planning H. Krautler. IV: Economy, Sociology, and Planning. Otto Neurath and Planning Theory A. Faludi. Theories of Life Conditions Since Otto Neurath -- Some Fragments A. Amann. Otto Neurath or the Will to Plan A. Soulez. Otto Neurath, 'Proletarian Democracy' and Social Planning J. Dvorak. Visual Education -- Humanisation versus Popularisation O. Neurath. (ed. by J. Manninen. The Otto Neurath Nachlass in Haarlem (NL) R. Fabian. Reviews. Activities of the Institute Vienna Circle. Survey 1996. Preview 1997. Index of Names.