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Information: Trend of philosophical thought, also often called "neopositivism" and "logical empiricism," which began in the 1920s with the Vienna Circle. Its key tenet was the verifiability criterion, according to which no statement has any meaning beyond the manner i
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Comte, Ayer and Logical Positivism Comte, Ayer and Logical Positivism: Lecture reviewing the development of this doctrine and its impact on psychology. (Logical Positivism) http://www.sar.bolton.ac.uk/ltl/lecture2/logical_positivism.htm
Logical Positivism Logical Positivism: Site dedicated to this doctrine, with quotes, frequently asked questions, and links. (Logical Positivism) http://logicalpositivism.org/shweb?file=home
Wikipedia: Logical Positivism Wikipedia: Logical Positivism: Entry from the openly-edited encyclopedia. (Logical Positivism) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_positivism
PhilosophyPages: Logical Positivism PhilosophyPages: Logical Positivism: Concise survey of this school and the related doctrine of "ethical emotivism." (Logical Positivism) http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/6q.htm
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Logical Positivism Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Logical Positivism: Detailed article by Mauro Murzi, reviewing the development and legacy of this movement. (Logical Positivism) http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/logpos.htm
How the Cold War Killed Logical Empiricism How the Cold War Killed Logical Empiricism: A 2001 paper by George Reisch considering the reasons why philosophers of science abandoned positivism in the 1950s and 1960s. (Logical Positivism) http://www.iit.edu/departments/humanities/impact/colloquium/reisch_2001s.html
Neopositivism: Linguistic Philosophy and Critical Rationalism Neopositivism: Linguistic Philosophy and Critical Rationalism: A section from Andras Gedo's work Crisis Consciousness in Contemporary Philosophy. (Logical Positivism) http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/gedoco2a.html
Columbia Encyclopedia: Logical Positivism Columbia Encyclopedia: Logical Positivism: A concise description of this movement. (Logical Positivism) http://www.bartleby.com/65/lo/logicalp.html
PhilSci Archive: Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism PhilSci Archive: Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism: Collection of online papers in Microsoft Word format, with abstracts in HTML. (Logical Positivism) http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/subjects/logical-positivism-empiricism.html
FOLDOC: Logical Positivism FOLDOC: Logical Positivism: Entry from this philosophical database, including an excerpt from The Ism Book. (Logical Positivism) http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?logical+positivism
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