Traces the origin of the Vienna Circle of Logical Empiricism in nineteenth-century Europe, and introduces central texts and problems of intellectual history and historical epistemology at the roots of today's analytic philosophy. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 18), 324K, European Studies 347 (Topic 20), 347G, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361F, Philosophy 329F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.