He knows his empiricism from his logical positivism, and as you'll hear, computers found a way into his philosophy.

他从他的逻辑实主义中了解他的经主义，你将会听到，计算机找到了进入他的哲学的方法。

Now, you might be wondering where the " positive" in " positivist" comes into play.

现在，您可能想知道“实主义者”中的“积极”在何处发挥用。

Accordingly, the logical positivists formulated the verification principle.

因此，逻辑实主义者制定了则。

18-2-1The Principle of Verification Logical positivists charged that metaphysical statements are meaningless.

18-2-1则 逻辑实主义者责形而上学的陈述毫无意义。

There are, of course, limitations to sociology as a positivist discipline.

当然，社会学门实主义学科存在局限性。

Unlike the positivists he did not reject the statements of metaphysics outright.

与实主义者不同，他并没有完全拒绝形而上学的陈述。

18-2-2Carnap'sLogical Analysis Among the foremost members of the Vienna Circle was the eminent positivist Rudolph Carnap (1891–1970).

18-2-2卡纳普的逻辑分析维也纳圈最重要的成员之是杰出的实主义者鲁道夫·卡纳普（Rudolph Carnap，1891-1970）。

We discussed positivist sociology and how sociologists use empirical evidence to explore questions about the social world.

我们讨论了实主义社会学以及社会学家如何使用经据来探索有关社会世界的问题。

Members of the Vienna Circle called themselves logical positivists—or sometimes logical empiricists—to differentiate themselves from the earlier Comtean positivists and Humean empiricists.

维也纳圈的成员称自己逻辑实主义者——有时是逻辑经主义者——以区别于早期的孔德实主义者和休米亚经主义者。

Also inspired by Comte and other nineteenth-century positivists, they were disposed to reject metaphysics as outdated by science.

同样受到孔德和其他 19 世纪实主义者的启发，他们倾向于拒绝形而上学，认它已经过时了。

But the problem the logical positivists faced was whether to consider scientific statements meaningful.

但逻辑实主义者面临的问题是，是否认科学陈述有意义。

The next movement in analytic philosophy—logical positivism—attempted to rid philosophy of metaphysical entities once and for all.

分析哲学的下个运动——逻辑实主义——试图劳永逸地摆脱哲学中的形而上学实体。

Logical positivists did not answer this question in any formal way.

逻辑实主义者没有以任何正式的方式回答这个问题。

Because of all these problems, logical positiviststoned down the intensity of their views.

由于所有这些问题，逻辑实主义削弱了他们观点的强度。

But yet another problem with positivist sociology is that not all social facts can be applied to all people, in all time periods.

但实主义社会学的另个问题是，并非所有社会事实都适用于所有时期的所有人。

Logical positivists recognized this problem and said that their principle was more like a recommendation than a meaningful scientific contention.

逻辑实主义者认识到了这个问题，并表示他们的则更像是个建议，而不是个有意义的科学争论。

Now, whether you’re using it to explore the natural world or the social world, the scientific method is rooted in the philosophy known as positivism.

现在，无论你是用它来探索自然世界还是社会世界， 科学方法都植根于被称实主义的哲学。

But logical positivism was only the most recent effort to put forth an empiricist agenda.

但逻辑实主义只是提出经主义议程的最新努力。

Others noted inherent defects with the verification principle, which the logical positivists themselves soon recognized.

其他人出了则的固有缺陷，逻辑实主义者自己很快就认识到了这点。

18-2-4Quine's Critique of Empiricism By the mid-twentieth century logical positivism as a movement was largely a thing of the past.

18-2-4奎因对经主义的批判 到 20 世纪中叶，逻辑实主义种运动在很大程度上已成过去。