''Erkenntnis'' is a journal of

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

that publishes papers in

analytic philosophy Analytic philosophy is a branch and tradition of philosophy using analysis, popular in the Western world and particularly the Anglosphere, which began around the turn of the 20th century in the contemporary era in the United Kingdom, United ...

. Its name is derived from the German word " Erkenntnis", meaning "knowledge, recognition". The journal was also linked to organisation of conferences, such as the Second Conference on the Epistemology of the Exact Sciences, of which it published the papers and accounts of the discussions.

First series (1930–1940)

When

Hans Reichenbach Hans Reichenbach (September 26, 1891 – April 9, 1953) was a leading philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism. He founded the ''Ges ...

and

Rudolf Carnap Rudolf Carnap (; ; 18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German-language philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism. ...

took charge of ''Annalen der Philosophie und philosophischen Kritik''Annalen der Philosophie und philosophischen Kritik
/ref> in 1930 they renamed it ''Erkenntnis'',Erkenntnis
/ref> under which name it was published 1930–1938. The journal was published by the '' Gesellschaft für Empirische Philosophie'', or the Berlin Circle and the

Verein Ernst Mach The Vienna Circle (german: Wiener Kreis) of Logical Empiricism was a group of elite philosophers and scientists drawn from the natural and social sciences, logic and mathematics who met regularly from 1924 to 1936 at the University of Vienna, ch ...

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. In the first issue Reichenbach noted that the editors hoped to gain a better understanding of the nature of all human knowledge through consideration of the procedures and results of a variety of scientific disciplines, whilst also hoping that philosophy need not remain a series of "systems" but could reach the state of being objective knowledge.Hempel, C. G. (1975)
The Old and the New 'Erkenntnis'
Erkenntnis 9(1), 1-4 The final issue of the first series, Volume 8, No. 1 was published in 1939 and retitled ''The Journal of Unified Science (Erkenntnis)'' (1939–1940) and included as associate editors Philipp Frank,

Jørgen Jørgensen Jørgen Jørgensen (name of birth: Jürgensen, and changed to Jorgenson from 1817)Wilde, W H, ''Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' 2nd ed. (29 March 1780 – 20 January 1841) was a Danish adventurer during the Age of Revolution. Duri ...

, Charles W. Morris, Otto Neurath and

Louis Rougier Louis Auguste Paul Rougier (; 10 April 1889 – 14 October 1982) was a French philosopher. Rougier made many important contributions to epistemology, philosophy of science, political philosophy and the history of Christianity. Early life Rougie ...

. The advent of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

led to the cessation of publication.

Second series (1975–present)

In 1975 the journal was "refounded" by Wilhelm K. Essler, Carl G. Hempel and

Wolfgang Stegmüller Wolfgang Stegmüller (; June 3, 1923 – June 11, 1991) was a German-Austrian philosopher who made important contributions in philosophy of science and analytic philosophy. Biography W. Stegmüller studied economics and philosophy at the Universi ...

, and it has been published continuously ever since. The journal's current editor-in-chief is Hannes Leitgeb (

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

), and the supervisory board is composed of Michael Friedman (

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is conside ...

), Hans Rott ( University of Regensburg), and Wolfgang Spohn ( Konstanz University).Editorial Board
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First series (1930–1940)

Second series (1975–present)

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