Logical Positivism and its Legacy

Men of Ideas Season 1 Episode 6

Overview:
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.

Genre : Documentary, Talk

Actors : Bryan Magee

Release Date : 1978-02-23

Duration : 40 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

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1. An Introduction to Philosophy
Marxist Philosophy
2. Marxist Philosophy
Marcuse and the Frankfurt School
3. Marcuse and the Frankfurt School
Martin Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
4. Martin Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
The Two Philosophies of Wittgenstein
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Logical Positivism and its Legacy
6. Logical Positivism and its Legacy
The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy
7. The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy
Moral Philosophy
8. Moral Philosophy
The Ideas of Quine
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The Philosophy of Language
10. The Philosophy of Language
The Ideas of Chomsky
11. The Ideas of Chomsky
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12. The Philosophy of Science
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13. Philosophy and Politics
Philosophy and Literature
14. Philosophy and Literature
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