Logical positivism (later referred to as logical empiricism, rational empiricism, or neo-positivism) is a philosophy that combines positivism—which states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge—with a version of apriorism—the notion that some propositional knowledge can be had without, or "prior to", experience.

Logical positivism denied the soundness of metaphysics and traditional philosophy, and affirmed that statements about metaphysics, religion and ethics are devoid of cognitive meaning and thus nothing but expression of feelings or desires; only statements about mathematics, logic and natural sciences have a definite meaning.

Logical positivism originated in the Vienna Circle in the 1920s, where Rudolf Carnap, Otto Neurath, and others (see Philosophers associated with logical positivism in this article) divided meaningful statements into those which are analytic (true a priori), and those which are synthetic (verified by sensory experience, a posteriori) - this was perhaps presaged by Hume's fork. Logical positivism refuted synthetic a priori knowledge: an evident criticism to Kantian philosophy.

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I always try to seduce with logical positivism. It's more of a challenge. -Nicholas Brownlow #quote
gilscorner (Gil Corner) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:52:00 -0000
I always try to seduce with logical positivism. It's more of a challenge. -Nicholas Brownlow #quote
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elana_s (Elana) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:43:53 -0000
When's the last time you used the term "logical positivism"? It's come up twice today!
I always try to seduce with logical positivism. It's more of a challenge. -Nicholas Brownlow #quote
MLMNoobie (Oren) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:18:09 -0000
I always try to seduce with logical positivism. It's more of a challenge. -Nicholas Brownlow #quote

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