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logical positivist

/ˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈpɒzɪtɪvɪst/

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/ˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈpɒzɪtɪvɪst/C1formalscientific
  • ruЧеловек, придерживающийся логического позитивизма — философского течения, утверждающего, что осмысленными являются только утверждения, проверяемые эмпирическим наблюдением или логическим анализом.

A person who adheres to logical positivism, a philosophical movement that asserts that only statements verifiable through empirical observation or logical analysis are meaningful.

  1. C2formal

    A follower of logical positivism, a 20th-century philosophical movement that held that only statements verifiable through empirical observation or logical analysis are meaningful.

    ruЛогический позитивист

    • The logical positivist argued that metaphysical claims are meaningless.
    • Many logical positivists were members of the Vienna Circle.
    • A logical positivist would reject any statement that cannot be empirically verified.