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Positivism philosophy states that theoretical attitude that maintains that the exclusively 1 authentic noesis is the scientific knowledge. These are an approach to the philosophy of science, deriving from The Enlightenment thinkers like Pierre-Simon Laplace (and numbers of others).

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Logical Positivism
Detailed article by Mauro Murzi, reviewing the development and legacy of this movement.

PhilosophyPages: Logical Positivism
Concise survey of this school and the related doctrine of "ethical emotivism."

Wikipedia: Logical Positivism
Entry from the openly-edited encyclopedia.

Comte, Ayer and Logical Positivism
Lecture reviewing the development of this doctrine and its impact on psychology.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Logical Positivism
A concise description of this movement.

FOLDOC: Logical Positivism
Entry from this philosophical database, including an excerpt from The Ism Book.

PhilSci Archive: Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism
Collection of online papers in Microsoft Word format, with abstracts in HTML.

Logical Positivism
Site dedicated to this doctrine, with quotes, frequently asked questions, and links.

Neopositivism: Linguistic Philosophy and Critical Rationalism
A section from Andras Gedo's work Crisis Consciousness in Contemporary Philosophy.


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