Philosophy

Philosophy

Introduction

Philosophy is a field of study that raises questions and allows the individual to explore the world and the meaning of 'being and of ' human life and also seeks an attempt to study and define the nature along with the possibilities and limits of knowledge .The 20th Century was characterized by a strong heterogeneity of the philosophical currents. Many philosophers during this period were found referring to several "schools”, thus their direction often lacked uniformity. However, a major turning point in the philosophy of the 20th Century was the Second World War. Keeping all the developments in the perspective it won't be wrong to state that the it was the 20th century which witnessed the development of a number of fresh philosophical perspectives such as Analytic Philosophy, logical positivism, existentialism, post structuralism and phenomenology. However, this era in the course of the history is identified as era of contemporary philosophy. In the 20the century philosophy rose to new levels and the seeds of professionalism were sown into it (Forrest, 1999).



Discussion

Logical Positivism

Logical Positivism tends to identify the set of currents which considers only the analysis and knowledge of the facts. This perspective also argues that the facts verified by experiments can explain the phenomena of the sensible world. The certainty is provided solely by scientific experiment and can be only identified as rationale if supported by the scientific experiments. Logical Positivism tends to snub the thoughts such as introspection, intuition and metaphysical approach to explain any knowledge of the phenomena. In the light of the research it would be safe to state that Logical Positivism is also rendered as logical empiricism. It has strongly influenced most areas of Western thoughts of the 20the century and is ranked highly among the perspectives which were developed in 20the century.

Establishing Grounds

Logical Positivism began to take shape in France in the first half of the nineteenth century. This term was propagated by Saint-Simon and further popularized in philosophy by Auguste Comte, who worked closely with Saint-Simon. Whereas, many experts tends to align with the fact that positivism tends to extract is roots form the thoughts, ideas and principles rendered by the Auguste Comte (Michael, 1999). However, it was the discipline of Logical Positivism that rendered changed the course of the thinking of many philosophers. Prior to the surfacing of the Logical Positivism many believed that the theories stood the ground which were inherited. However, it was after the surfacing of Logical Positivism that people started believing only on those theories which were verified and backed by the experiments.

Tenets

Logical positivism tends to stand on a ground that a proposition has meaning only if it is verifiable. It tends to fall under the bracket of two major propositions which tends to be

empirical propositions and the analytic truths. Empirical propositions can be explained in the words such as the fact that all things tends to fall towards the centre of the earth which are verified by experiments, this category also includes scientific theories (Nicholas, ...