-provides historical and systematic research;
-deals with the influence and impact of the Vienna Circle/Logical Empiricism on today's philosophy of science;
-explores the intellectual context of this scientific philosophy;
-unites contributions by renowned scholars and a younger generation of philosophers;
-focuses on main figures and peripheral adherents;
-features crucial issues of Logical Empiricism;
-documents the activities of the Vienna Circle Institute;
-includes reviews on related topics.