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How closely related is Logical Positivism to Postmodernism

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Is Logical Positivism in the same general school of philosophical thought as Postmodernism? I have been trying to read up on it, except I haven't been able to find anything how it deals with race or gender. Can anyone here point me in the direction of articles written by Logical Positivists dealing with intersectionality?
 
Moderate71 said:
Is Logical Positivism in the same general school of philosophical thought as Postmodernism? I have been trying to read up on it, except I haven't been able to find anything how it deals with race or gender. Can anyone here point me in the direction of articles written by Logical Positivists dealing with intersectionality?
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Logical positivism has nothing to do with postmodernism. Closer to its opposite. First time I heard of "intersectionality." The logical positivist were science based and cared very little about social theory.
 
ipsofacto said:
Logical positivism has nothing to do with postmodernism. Closer to its opposite. First time I heard of "intersectionality." The logical positivist were science based and cared very little about social theory.
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Without reading the essays linked here, I would say that logical positivism has more in common with the "modernism" of the early 20th century, against which postmodernism is a reaction.

Here's a good (and short) piece on the difference between the two types of modernism:

Difference Between Modernism and Postmodernism | Difference Between | Modernism vs Postmodernism
 
ipsofacto said:
I already know that you know little about this. You need to read.
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Funny, I don't remember running into you at all.

Guess you need to write more memorable posts.
 
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