positivism

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At a crucial moment in “Time of the Magicians,” Eilenberger explains that an entire school of philosophy known as logical positivism was born of this exact misunderstanding of Wittgenstein.

From New York Times

In that, he found positivism essential and said, “What do these kids have to look forward to if we don’t have this outlook?”

From Washington Post

“The positivism of Instagram is dangerous at the best of times – but now it’s even worse.”

From The Guardian

Then there was Musil the philosophical scientist, interested in probability theory and logical positivism, as well as in the workings of the mind and the soul.

From New York Times

But there are other, more interesting questions to ask: what is Miss World’s place now, in the era of body positivism and fourth-wave feminism?

From The Guardian