logical positivism

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epistemological doctrine form of empiricism philosophical movement school of analytic philosophy

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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Label Occurrences
logical positivism canonical 33
logical empiricism 19
verificationism 2

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

neo-positivism ⓘ
associatedWork Language, Truth and Logic ⓘ
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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Bertrand Russell → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Principia Mathematica → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
logical positivism → alternativeName → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Rudolf Carnap → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Vienna Circle → philosophicalStance → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: verificationism
Berlin Circle → philosophicalStance → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: verificationism
A Treatise of Human Nature → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Chomskyan linguistics → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical positivism (partly in reaction)
Auguste Comte → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Otto Neurath → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Otto Neurath → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Otto Neurath → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Language, Truth and Logic → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
A. J. Ayer → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Hans Reichenbach → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Hans Reichenbach → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Herbert Feigl → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Occam's razor → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
picture theory of language → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
The Logical Structure of the World → philosophicalMovement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Logical Foundations of Probability → mainTopic → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Philosophical Foundations of Physics → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. → hasInfluenced → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
The Logical Syntax of Language → mainTopic → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
The Logical Syntax of Language → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
The Logical Syntax of Language → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Carl Hempel → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Carl Hempel → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
falsificationism → opposes → logical positivism ⓘ
Neurath → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Otto Neurath
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Neurath → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Otto Neurath
Bloomfieldian structuralism → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
unity of science → hasHistoricalMovement → logical positivism ⓘ
logical atomism → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Auguste Comte
Schlick → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Moritz Schlick
Schlick → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Moritz Schlick
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
verification principle → centralTo → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Allgemeine Erkenntnislehre → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
Comte → influenced → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Auguste Comte
Reichenbach → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Hans Reichenbach
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Experience and Prediction → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
Experience and Prediction → movement → logical positivism ⓘ
The "Mental" and the "Physical" → philosophicalTradition → logical positivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: logical empiricism
The "Mental" and the "Physical" → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
The Nature of Physical Theory → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
anomalous monism → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
Basic English → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
Debabelization → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ
Grades of Theoreticity → influencedBy → logical positivism ⓘ