Abstract
An understanding of the Soviet critique of what they call ‘neopositivism’ and the relevant philosophic issues, requires a knowledge of the historical background. It will be the task of this chapter and the succeeding one to outline the two historical series:
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The history of positivism in Western Europe up to its most recent form as ‘logical positivism’ or ‘neopositivism’.
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The history in Marxism-Leninism — from the ‘classics’ to late Stalinism — of the concept of philosophy and of the reaction to positivism.
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Boeselager, W.F. (1975). First Historical Approach: Positivism and Neopositivism. In: The Soviet Critique of Neopositivism. Sovietica, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1751-0_2
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