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Meanings of logical positivism in English

Portuguese
positivismo
Catalan
positivisme

The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

        positivismo
        Russian
        логический позитивизм
        Portuguese
        neopositivismo
        Spanish
        neopositivistas lógicos
        Catalan
        neopositivisme

        Assertion that only statements verifiable through empirical observation are meaningful.

              Related terms
              логический позитивизм
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              Examples for "positivism"
              Examples for "positivism"
              1
              You have an incredible speaking style that exudes enthusiasm, positivism and hope.
              The Power of Giving
              2
              However, the Beechers all had a deal of positivism in their characters.
              Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
              3
              Thus positivism, in this disciple, returned to the artless metaphysics of savages.
              Cock Lane and Common-Sense
              4
              In positivism, as developed and modified by Lewes, she found that reconciliation.
              George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
              5
              He was, in fact, fast losing all his old habits of positivism.
              All Around the Moon
              Usage of logical positivism in English
              1
              The early stirrings of logical positivism among the first Vienna Circle?
              The Guardian
              2
              Logical positivism had been only the first of those; Stochasticism, Amalfi strongly suspected, would be far from the last.
              Cities in Flight
              3
              Since the 19505, linguistic philosophers have criticised Logical Positivism, pointing out that what Ayer called the Verification Principle could not itself be verified.
              A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...