The rise and fall of logical positivism is the most spectacular story of 20 th century philosophy. Logical positivism was wildly successful, and some of its key ideas became widely accepted as ...

In criminology, positivism shifted focus away from moral blame and toward scientific explanations, examining how biology, psychology, and environment shape criminal behavior. White House draws out ...

IN a most timely article entitled "Positivism" (Mind, July 1944), Prof. W. T. Stace throws great light on the doctrinaire character of the so-called logical positivists. After making a useful ...

ORTHODOX scientism and dogmatic Sufism have a sectional view of reality. While the former deems this universe as autocratic, the latter takes it as illusory. Both fail to grasp complete reality. Thus, ...