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Who among the following is not a logical positivist ?

Who among the following is not a logical positivist ? Correct Answer Henry Bergson

Logical positivism

  • Logical positivism is the branch of philosophy which believes the only way of gathering knowledge is through empirical methods i.e through observations and logic.
  • It rejects metaphysics and idealism. According to logical positivism, every hypotheses should be tested through inductive logic. 
  • The Vienna Circle, the Berlin Society for Empirical Philosophy, and the Lvov-Warsaw School of Logic made important contributions to Logical Positivism.
  • Logical positivism includes logic, mathematics, philosophy of science, and language analysis.
  • Logical positivist are philosopher following logical positivism

Key Points

  • A.J.Ayer is  known as father of logical positivism who is pioneer in the movement. His work includes Language, Truth and Logic. 
  • Morris L. Biggie is also a logical positive Relativism.
  • Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) described his philosophy as a kind of “logical atomism”, which he means a proposition can be analysed into smaller fragments which are related. His works includes a wide variety of areas, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and political theory. His contributions in logic and metaphysics also had significant influence on Rudolf Carnap and the Vienna Circle.
  • Henri-Louis Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher. Bergson is known for his influential arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality. He was not logical positivist.

Hence, Henry Bergson is not a logical positivist.

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