• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    That same One Weird Trick has been used to academically shoot down logical positivism as well.

    The idea that only matter exists and that only things that can be measured in a laboratory environment exist in a meaningful way (concepts don’t real) is itself an idea that can not be measured in a laboratory environment.

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      1 year ago

      At least the logical positivists where philosophically rigorous enough to drop the view when they realized it’s untenable.

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        Academically, yes. Logical positivism persisted and had an unofficial resurgence among the “academia is bunk” junk/pop science crowd. I saw it pop up, by name, more than a few times on reddit-logo in years past.