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logical positivism
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logical positivism

Doctrine that the only meaningful propositions are those that can be verified empirically. Metaphysics, religion, and aesthetics are therefore meaningless. However, the doctrine itself cannot be verified empirically and so is self-refuting.

Logical positivism was characteristic of the Vienna Circle in the 1920s and 1930s, and was influenced by Friedrich Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Logical positivists have expended much effort in trying to resolve its inherent contradiction.



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