Logical positivism

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs logical empiricism
neo-positivism
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Alfred_Tarski
gptkb:Hilary_Putnam
gptkb:Karl_Popper
gptkb:Ludwig_Wittgenstein
gptkb:Michael_Polanyi
gptkb:Thomas_Kuhn
gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
gptkbp:declinedAfter mid-20th century
gptkbp:developedBy 1920s
gptkbp:hasConcept verification principle
analytic-synthetic distinction
reductionism
language analysis
emphasis on logical analysis
rejection of metaphysics
science as the only source of factual knowledge
meaning of statements is their method of verification
anti-metaphysical stance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Logical positivism
gptkbp:influenced analytic philosophy
logical empiricism
philosophy of science
scientific empiricism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Bertrand_Russell
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Ernst_Mach
gptkb:Gottlob_Frege
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:Ludwig_Wittgenstein
empiricism
gptkbp:legacy influenced analytic tradition
influenced philosophy of language
influenced scientific methodology
gptkbp:mainProponent gptkb:A.J._Ayer
gptkb:Alfred_Jules_Ayer
gptkb:Carl_Gustav_Hempel
gptkb:Hans_Hahn
gptkb:Hans_Reichenbach
gptkb:Kurt_Gödel
gptkb:Moritz_Schlick
gptkb:Rudolf_Carnap
gptkb:Friedrich_Waismann
gptkb:Herbert_Feigl
gptkb:Otto_Neurath
gptkb:Philipp_Frank
gptkb:Richard_von_Mises
gptkb:Victor_Kraft
gptkb:Eino_Kaila
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Logical_Structure_of_the_World
gptkb:Language,_Truth,_and_Logic
gptkb:The_Scientific_Conception_of_the_World:_The_Vienna_Circle_Manifesto
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Vienna
gptkb:Vienna_Circle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Positivismus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5