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Also Known As	Neopositivism • logical empiricism • Scientific Empiricism

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Austrian postage stamp featuring a portrait of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, with German text above and below, and a denomination of 5 schillings.

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Verifiability principle Protocol sentence Unified science Constitution theory Analytic-synthetic distinction Metalogic Analytic philosophy Positivism Logical atomism científico Ordinary language analysis Speech act theory Ideal language

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Otto Neurath

Austrian philosopher and sociologist