positivism

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Introduction
The social positivism of Comte and Mill
The critical positivism of Mach and Avenarius
Logical positivism and logical empiricism
- The earlier positivism of Viennese heritage
  - Language and the clarification of meaning
  - The verifiability criterion of meaning and its offshoots
  - Other issues
- The later positivism of logical empiricism
  - The status of the formal and a priori
  - Developments in linguistic analysis and their offshoots
Criticisms and controversies

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