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Logical Positivism and Its Legacy
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In this program with world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee, A. J. Ayer, who played a major role in introducing logical positivism to England, explains the movement, its purpose, and its e...
In this program with world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee, A. J. Ayer, who played a major role in introducing logical positivism to England, explains the movement, its purpose, and its effect on current philosophical trends. Ayer also discusses its founders-members of the Vienna Circle of the 1920s-who based their theories on logic and science.
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- BBC Worldwide Ltd
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1976
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- 1 streaming video file (40 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn870312504
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 09, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Modern Art and Positivist Philosophy (1:25) -- Logical Positivist Movement (1:20) -- Rejection of Metaphysics (1:30) -- Figures in Positivist Movement (1:42) -- Non-Original Ideas (1:40) -- Science, Logic and Philosophy (1:25) -- Positivism and the New Physics (2:01) -- Positivism as Revolutionary (0:25) -- Positivist Doctrines (2:28) -- Problems with Verification Principle (3:18) -- Positivism Summarized (1:11) -- Positivism and Moral Judgments (1:37) -- Role of Analysis (2:25) -- Positivism and Focus on Language (2:11) -- Whether Philosophy is About Word Games (2:58) -- Positivism Shapes Thought (0:59) -- Ayers and Positivism (2:04) -- Cultural Influence of Positivism (3:15) -- Flaws in Logical Positivism (2:22) -- Legacy of Logical Positivism (1:56) -- Credits: Logical Positivism and Its Legacy (0:32)