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15 matches to Positivism
Ayer, Alfred. 1910-89. British Logical Positivist. Foundation of Empirical Knowledge. Language, Truth and Logic 1936.
Carnap, Rudolph. 1891-1970. German/US Logical Positivist philosopher.
Comte, Auguste. 1798-1857. French Positivist philosopher. Religion belongs to primitive society. Positivism 1830. Tejada Law.
Coué, Émile. 1857-1926. French Positivist psychotherapist. Autosuggestion. “Every day and in every way I am getting better and better.” 1920.
Dühring, Karl. 1873-1921. German Positivist philosopher.
Harrison, Frederic. 1831-1923. English Positivist: Philosophy of Common Sense 1907.
Littré, Paul-Émile. 1801-81. French positivist philosopher. Dictionary of the French Language 1863-73.
LogicalPositivism. 1920s. Philosophy. Only experimentally verifiable scientific truth counts. Vienna Circle. Wittgenstein.
Mach, Ernest. 1838-1916. Founded Scientific Positivism 1905. Relates physics and psychology. Vienna Circle.
Mill, John Stuart. 1806-73. English Utilitarian Positivist philosopher. Social as well as political freedom is necessary. Tyranny of the majority. Associationism. Political Economy 1848. On Liberty 1859. Utilitarianism 1863. Women’s Right to Vote 1866.
Positivism. Knowledge based on senses alone. Personal knowledge. Natural laws lead to social engineering to secure a happy society. Comte. Mill. Spencer. Logical Positivism.
Schlick, Moritz. 1882-1936. German Logical Positivist philosopher. Led Vienna Circle.
Taine, Hippolyte. 1828-93. French Positivist scientific historian.
Vienna Circle. 1920s Intellectual meetings. Formulated Logical Positivism. Schlick. Gödel.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. 1889-1951. Austrian/English linguistic philosopher: Philosophical Investigations 1953. Logical Positivism 1921.