Von Hayek, Bergmann, and Mayerhöfer
by themselves
pp. 123-138
in: John Blackmore, Shogo Tanaka (eds), Ernst Mach's Vienna 1895–1930, Berlin, Springer, 2001Abstract
My task is exclusively to bear witness to how penetrating Ernst Mach's influence already was before the year 1922 when Moritz Schlick formed the so-called "Vienna Circle". It so happens that I studied in my own hometown Vienna precisely three years from 1918 until 1921, and that what passed for philosophical discussion revolved essentially around Mach's ideas. Vienna as a whole was already extraordinarily inclined toward philosophy of natural science.2 Apart from Heinrich Gomperz,3 Adolf Stöhr4 also taught in Vienna and both men followed a similar line, and Robert Reininger5 was at the very least friendly toward such an outlook.
