... . Following in the revolutionary footsteps that Nietzsche laid out in world of philosophical thinking, were two equally, if not more influential ideas called logical empiricism (or logical positivism), and existentialism. The origins of logical positivism can be traced to a philosopher named Ludwig Wittgenstein. He argued that philosophy deals only in the realm of logical thoughts, and that since thought is expressed through ... manner, or be proven or tested scientifically, they were said to exist in the scope of personal opinions and therefore had no importance in philosophical matters...

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... world, the external reality, does not exist without the human mind to shape and interpret it. Phenomenology, a form of philosophical perspective, concerns itself with the idea that, as opposed to positivism, reality is, essentially, relative and subjective--not an objective, singular compilation of facts, data, and records used to form one psychological and physical universe that contains all life. At most ... replacing, not involving, belief--knowledge is the familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through study, discovery, or experience. Knowledge is often judged in empirical,...

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... more then mere numbers and data. Their abstractions, according to Hamann, tended to de-humanize people. In his Christian philosophy of science, Hamann made clear that Christians needed to avoid positivism, which taught that scientific knowledge was the only "true" knowledge. Naturalism and materialism were two Enlightenment ideals that Hamann would not buy into. Hamann, unlike the relativists of the Enlightenment ... ...

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