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Coda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

Christopher Burke  and
Adam Tamas Tuboly
Christopher Burke
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Adam Tamas Tuboly
Affiliation:
HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities
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The final published debate in which Neurath participated was with Horace Kallen, founding member of the New School in New York. This discussion with manifold cultural dimensions was a fitting swansong for Neurath, summarizing key themes of his thought and highlighting essential issues of his complex and contentious legacy. Kallen suspected Neurath’s drive for ‘Unity of Science’ as harbouring the danger of totalitarianism, but Neurath defended the pluralism of his approach while accepting Kallen’s proposed term of ‘orchestration’ instead of ‘unity’ for the sciences. Neurath felt rather neglected for his scholarly achievements at the end of his life, but these now become increasingly more relevant.

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freedomAlbert EinsteinHorace Kallenfascismunified sciencelegacyC. E. M. JoadA. J. Ayermoralitynihilismfolklore
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Otto Neurath in Britain , pp. 287 - 300
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Coda
  • Christopher Burke, University of Reading, Adam Tamas Tuboly, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities
  • Book: Otto Neurath in Britain
  • Online publication: 09 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009376280.013
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  • Coda
  • Christopher Burke, University of Reading, Adam Tamas Tuboly, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities
  • Book: Otto Neurath in Britain
  • Online publication: 09 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009376280.013
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  • Coda
  • Christopher Burke, University of Reading, Adam Tamas Tuboly, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities
  • Book: Otto Neurath in Britain
  • Online publication: 09 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009376280.013
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