Logical positivism began as a left-leaning political movement in Vienna.

Evidence

In addition to Neurath, many of its important members like Rudolf Carnap, Hans Hahn, and Philip Frank had socialist convictions and conceived the philosophical work of the Circle as intimately connected with the rationalization of politics and progressive social change. In its early days, the logical positivist movement had a distinctly political flavor. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 59

Categorization

• XREF: The later Vienna Circle split — Neurath vs Carnap vs the Mises-Hayek side — matters for the broader story of how ‘scientific’ authority was contested between socialists and liberals. — connects to: Logical positivism in Vienna functioned as political resistance to fascism — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 203; Logical positivism began as an egalitarian political and social program — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 59; Early neoliberal philosophers aligned with the right wing of logical empiricism — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 63
• SEED: An article angle: how the same Viennese ‘neutral scientific’ idiom was claimed by socialist planners and later repurposed by market liberals.

Broader Connections

• Logical positivism in Vienna functioned as political resistance to fascism #corroborates (0.85) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 203
• Logical positivism began as an egalitarian political and social program #corroborates (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 59
• Early neoliberal philosophers aligned with the right wing of logical empiricism #complicates (0.72) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 63