• balderdash@lemmy.zipOP
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    1 year ago

    At least the logical positivists where philosophically rigorous enough to drop the view when they realized it’s untenable.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Academically, yes. Logical positivism persisted and had an unofficial resurgence among the “academia is bunk” junk/pop science crowd. I saw it pop up, by name, more than a few times on reddit-logo in years past.