PHIL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: If And Only If, Empiricism, Agnosticism
7 Nov 2017
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Negative: reject german idealism and all speculative (metaphysical) philosophy because it lacks literal meaning, uses the philosophy of language (analytic/synthetic distinction and verificationism) to answer the problems. Le: emerged around 1930s-40s as the successor to lp (as lp faded away), supporters of le agreed that the lp philosophy of language failed: Broad view of knowledge in general (come from ancient greece): logical positivism (lp): Particular set of views articulated and defended by members of the vienna circle (1907-1930s): logical empiricism: Successor to lp (1930s-1970s); dropped lp"s philosophy of language and developed its philosophy of science: inductive empiricism (ie): An overarching traditional view of science that is still very influential today; le and. Caught the end of lp and developed le. How should science work: about philosophy of science: How can and should philosophy relate to science. Empiricism: experience is necessary for having knowledge:
