logical positivist
Americannoun
adjective
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Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn’t believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 10, 2012
The logical positivist would say that a particular statement of fact can be declared true or false by empirical evidence; anything else is meaningless.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Frederick Ayer, the philosopher, is a fan, and there is a sense in which soccer is a fair subject for a logical positivist.
From Time Magazine Archive
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