Socrates, a man who was only trying to do something good and productive for the city of Athens was definitely accused wrongly and penalized unfairly. On the trial, Socrates was mainly accused of not believing in the gods of Athens and corrupting the young. Other charges were that they were calling him a Physicist (inquiring […]
Phil 101
Logical Positivism
The problem with logical positivism was that it contradicted its own theories! Their definition of a philosophy included the fact that a theory or idea must be based on observable data or is meaningless. The three requirements they gave were, a. true by definition, b. testable, and c. true by experience. Their own there does […]