Neopositivism and perception theory
pp. 25-45
Abstrakt
As Charles Frankel (1965, p. 329) has reminded us: ""Positivism" is a double-barrelled word. It stands for a certain temper of mind as well as a particular system of philosophy." As a "temper of mind," positivism was 'suspicious of theological and metaphysical doctrines as covert attempts to vindicate things as they are" and urged that "human inquiry should be restricted to those questions to which fairly definite answers can be given" (Frankel, 1965, p. 329; similar descriptions are given by Simpson, 1969, p. 47, and by Abbagnano, 1967, p. 414).
Publication details
Published in:
Tolman Charles W. (1992) Positivism in psychology: historical and contemporary problems. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 25-45
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4402-8_4
Referenz:
Tolman Charles W. (1992) „Neopositivism and perception theory“, In: C. W. Tolman (ed.), Positivism in psychology, Dordrecht, Springer, 25–45.