Logical Positivism, as stated, 1920s-1950s
20th Century · stated scope
Logical positivism is a philosophical movement holding that meaningful statements are either empirically verifiable or analytically true by definition, and that metaphysical claims failing both criteria are cognitively meaningless. It originated primarily in Vienna and Berlin during the 1920s and 1930s, with the Vienna Circle as its central institutional node, and subsequently spread to the United Kingdom and North America through emigration before the movement dissolved as a formal school by the 1950s.
Cluster:Liberty First
Liberty is the defining elevation, with Consent & Anti-Coercion running high beside it; Authority & Hierarchy sits low. Individual freedom leads the profile rather than any collective commitment.
Full profile
All 22 dimensions in one fixed order, grouped by the contrast axis each feeds, so any two entities can be read side by side. Switch to “By axis” to group them by the axis each feeds.
Neighbors
- 1Behavioral Economics, as stated, 1970s-presentDistance: 17Compare
- 2Rationalist Movement, as stated, 2000s-presentDistance: 20Compare
- 3The Wealth of Nations (Smith), as stated, 1776Distance: 20Compare
- 4World Trade Organization, as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 20Compare
- 5Monetarism, as stated, 1950s-presentDistance: 21Compare
The Three Axes (Detail)
Each bar is one pole’s pull, pointing the way it pushes the result. The dot is where the two pulls add up.