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Positivism, philosophy: modern positivism represents the demand to trace back statements with a claim to explanation to differences which can be ascertained in the objects of investigation. What is ascertainable is, in this case, relativized to a framework theory and its methods. This is intended to exclude foreign and non-verifiable statements. See also empiricism, internal/external, truth, provability.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Ian Hacking on Positivism - Dictionary of Arguments

I 77
Def Positivism/Hacking:
1st Verification,
2nd observation,
3rd VsCausality,
4th VsExplanation (just brings phenomena in an order that does not explain why.),
5th VsTheoretical Entities,
6th VsMetaphysics (leaves nothing that is not verifiable).
>Verification
, >Observation, >Causality, >Explanations, >Theoretical entities, >Metaphysics.
I 80
PopperVs the label "positivist", VsSense Data - not VsMetaphysics: non-verifiable sentences are acceptable as a first step. That was later refuted by Popper.
>K. Popper, >Sense data.
I 80
Empiricism: empiricism is concerned with measuring (theoretical entities exist).
>Empiricism, >Measurements.
Positivism: positivism is concerned with seeing, feeling, smelling, hearing, tasting (theoretical entities do not exist).

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Hacking I
I. Hacking
Representing and Intervening. Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh 1983
German Edition:
Einführung in die Philosophie der Naturwissenschaften Stuttgart 1996


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