6. Compare and contrast the logical positivist to the natural language theorist.

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Logical positivism argues that all meaningful propositions are confirmed by observation and experiment. The exponents of this view argue that abstract theories are strictly meaningless mind or soul. On the other hand, natural language philosophy approaches traditional philosophical as being rooted in misunderstanding of the language.
Logical positivist is a twentieth century school of philosophy, which argues that all meaningful propositions are either: analytic, verifiable, or confirmable by means of observation and experiment. The proponents of this view argue that metaphysical theories are therefore strictly meaningless, as such the mind or soul do not exist, or at least cannot be confirmed, since they cannot be observed.
The natural language theorist approaches traditional philosophical problems as being rooted in misunderstandings in a language. The proponents in this view claim that many of the philosophical problems undertaken as a result of misuse or misunderstanding of language.
Some philosophers argue that Natural Language philosophy is a completely separate school with different studies while others argue that it is just an extension of analytic philosophy.

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