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Philosophy and Logical Positivism

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Logical positivists claim that the whole of human knowledge can be reduced to analytic and synthetic sentences, and this means that the only possible knowledge is provided by science. Metaphysics is thus meaningless, because its sentences do not comply with the rules set forth by logical analysis of language. What, then, is the philosopher�s job? The members of the Vienna Circle answer that his task is to clarify the concepts used within empirical and formal sciences, while analytic philosophers stress instead the importance of ordinary language�s analysis. But the outcome is in both cases clear: philosophy is linguistic analysis. Howeber, by reducing the whole of reality to empirical reality, logical positivists do metaphysics. We do not have the �elimination� of metaphysics, but just the proposal of an empiricist brand of metaphysics.

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  • Michele Marsonet, 2019. "Philosophy and Logical Positivism," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 19, pages 32-36, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:etc:journl:y:2019:i:19:p:32-36
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    1. Michele Marsonet, 2018. "Logic and its Pragmatic Aspects," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 17, pages 46-53, March.
    2. Michele Marsonet, 2018. "Post-Empiricism and Philosophy of Science," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 18, pages 26-33, February.
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    1. Michele Marsonet, 2021. "Ajdukiewicz and the Notion of Conceptual Apparatus," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 24, pages 226-229, July.

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