Logical positivism's proscription of metaphysics as meaningless nonsense illegitimately forecloses inquiry into presuppositions that scientific practice itself depends upon, as Stebbing's directional analysis reveals.
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logical positivism(Wiener Kreis, first half of the twentieth century)
A philosophical program aiming to reconstruct scientific knowledge solely on the basis of direct observations and logical relations between observational statements.
metaphysics(Hartshorne's naturalistic redefinition of metaphysics)
On Hartshorne's view, the study not of realities beyond the physical, but of features of reality that are ubiquitous or that would exist in any possible world.
presuppositions(Collingwood, An Essay on Metaphysics)
The foundational assumptions or commitments that govern thought within a given domain of inquiry, which Collingwood later identified as the proper subject matter of philosophical (metaphysical) investigation.