The Positive Mind : : Its Development and Impact on Modernity and Postmodernity / / Evaldas Nekrašas.

This book is a radical reappraisal of positivism as a major movement in philosophy, science and culture. In examining positivist movement and its contemporary impact, I had the following goals. First, to provide a more precise and systematic definition of the notion of positivism. Second, to describ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Notion of Positivism
  • Part One: Development
  • 1. Early Positivism
  • 2. Classical or Social Positivism
  • 3. From Classical to Modern Positivism
  • 4. Modern or Logical Positivism
  • Part Two: Impact
  • 5. Positivism, Its Critics and Rivals
  • 6. The Impact of the Positive Mind Outside Philosophy
  • References
  • Index