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logical positivist

American  
[lah-jik-uhl pahz-i-ti-vist] / ˈlɑ dʒɪk əl ˈpɑz ɪ tɪ vɪst /

noun

  1. someone who adheres to logical positivism.

adjective

  1. relating or adhering to logical positivism.

Example Sentences

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So he flips the logical positivist model on its head.

From Salon

If I hadn’t had the Church to fight it with or to tell me the necessity of fighting it, I would be the stinkingest logical positivist you ever saw right now.

From The New Yorker

Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn’t believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise.

From BusinessWeek

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