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logical positivism

DEFINITIONS OF: logical positivism

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

Synonyms:
positivism
Types:
Comtism
Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top
Type of:
empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
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