Definitions for "LOGICAL POSITIVISM"
a form of Phenomenalism held by A. J. Ayer who stated that the neutral sense data are the ultimate units of experience which are given. Mind and matter are both logical constructs of actual or possible sense data, not metaphysical entities. Statements about mind (mental statements) or matter (physical object statements) are both fully translatable into sense data or observation statements.
level: Comprehensive (3) [ order by level] A philosophical school arguing that the only statements that are meaningful are those that can be validated, either mathematically or empirically.
order by term] level: Comprehensive (3) A philosophical school arguing that the only statements that are meaningful are those that can be validated, either mathematically or empirically.