Central theses of the logical empiricism
Abstract
Given the importance of the philosophical movement known as Logical Empiricism, in the past and present history of science philosophy, nothing more necessary than be clear about its foundations. With this purpose, this article makes a systematic presentation of the central theses of the Logical Empiricism, based in its programmatic documents. The theses put forward are as follows: 1) The thesis that is own of empiricism, the knowledge about nature is synthetic; 2) The knowledge of logical and mathematics is analytic; 3) The principle of verification of meaning as demarcation criterion between science and metaphysic; 4) The logical analysis of language as philosophical method; 5) The unification of empirical sciences; and 6) The structure of scientific theories.Downloads
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