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Richard Cockett on Vienna as the Center of the “Scientific Worldview” - A Legacy in Danger?
Vienna was once a center of groundbreaking ideas. In his lecture at ISTA, Dr. Richard Cockett, historian, and economist-journalist, sheds light on how the city shaped science, philosophy, and art - and why its legacy is more important than ever today.
Vienna was once an epicenter of groundbreaking ideas that shaped philosophy, science and art. / Picture: © Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Vienna - a city of music, art, and science. While the cultural achievements of the Austrian capital are widely known, one of its most important intellectual achievements often remains in the shadows: Vienna as a hotbed of the “scientific worldview”. From the revolutionary discoveries in physics and mathematics to the early foundations of modern medicine and the analytical philosophy…
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