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Existential/Logical Position of Education

Meaning of Logical Positivism

Logical positivism is one of the two latest trends in philosophical thinking, the other being existentialist philosophy. It is the contribution of the 20th century and is known by a number of names, viz., logical analysis, language analysis, logical empiricism and so on. It is not a philosophy in the traditional sense of the word but rather a new trend in philosophical analysis. A study of some depth into existentialist philosophy would reveal that to write about it is neither easy nor simple but a challenging and complex task, not because it requires any special talent to either understand or explain it, but because of the inherent paradoxes and ambiguities in the philosophy ...

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