logical positivism

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Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.

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logical positivism canonical 37
logical empiricism 23
verificationism 2

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instanceOf epistemological doctrine ⓘ
form of empiricism ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
school of analytic philosophy ⓘ
alternativeName logical empiricism ⓘ
linked to: logical positivism

neo-positivism ⓘ
associatedWork Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
The Logical Structure of the World ⓘ
The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle ⓘ
basedOn empiricism ⓘ
formal logic ⓘ
corePrinciple anti-metaphysical stance ⓘ
distinction between analytic and synthetic statements ⓘ
emphasis on empirical observation ⓘ
emphasis on logical analysis of language ⓘ
meaning of a statement is its method of verification ⓘ
rejection of metaphysics as cognitively meaningless ⓘ
scientific worldview ⓘ
verification principle ⓘ
criticizedBy Karl Popper ⓘ
Michael Polanyi ⓘ
Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
W. V. O. Quine ⓘ
declinePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
developedByGroup Berlin Circle ⓘ
Vienna Circle ⓘ
emergedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
historicalPeak 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
influencedBy Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Ernst Mach ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
influencedByWork Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ⓘ
keyFigure A. J. Ayer ⓘ
Hans Reichenbach ⓘ
Herbert Feigl ⓘ
Kurt Gödel ⓘ
Moritz Schlick ⓘ
Otto Neurath ⓘ
Philipp Frank ⓘ
Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
legacy contributed to linguistic turn in philosophy ⓘ
influenced philosophy of science ⓘ
shaped analytic philosophy ⓘ
methodologicalStance reduction of theoretical terms to observational terms ⓘ
unification of science ⓘ
philosophicalDomain epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
positionOnEthics ethical statements are expressions of emotion or attitude ⓘ
positionOnMetaphysics metaphysical statements are meaningless ⓘ
positionOnTheology theological statements lack cognitive meaning ⓘ

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Bertrand Russell → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Principia Mathematica → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
logical positivism → alternativeName → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Rudolf Carnap → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Vienna Circle → philosophicalStance → verificationism ⓘ
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Berlin Circle → philosophicalStance → verificationism ⓘ
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A Treatise of Human Nature → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Chomskyan linguistics → influencedBy → logical positivism (partly in reaction) ⓘ
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Auguste Comte → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Otto Neurath → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Otto Neurath → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Otto Neurath → influencedBy → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Language, Truth and Logic → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
A. J. Ayer → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Hans Reichenbach → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Hans Reichenbach → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Herbert Feigl → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Occam's razor → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
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The Logical Structure of the World → philosophicalMovement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Logical Foundations of Probability → mainTopic → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent → hasInfluenced → logical empiricism ⓘ
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The Logical Syntax of Language → mainTopic → logical empiricism ⓘ
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The Logical Syntax of Language → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
The Logical Syntax of Language → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Carl Hempel → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Carl Hempel → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
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Otto Neurath → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Otto Neurath → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
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logical atomism → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Auguste Comte → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Moritz Schlick → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
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Moritz Schlick → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Allgemeine Erkenntnislehre → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Auguste Comte → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
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Hans Reichenbach → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Experience and Prediction → movement → logical empiricism ⓘ
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Experience and Prediction → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
The "Mental" and the "Physical" → philosophicalTradition → logical empiricism ⓘ
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The Nature of Physical Theory → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
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