John Edwin McGee was an English
historian, notably of
positivism
Positivism is an empiricist philosophical theory that holds that all genuine knowledge is either true by definition or positive—meaning ''a posteriori'' facts derived by reason and logic from sensory experience.John J. Macionis, Linda M. G ...
.
Logan (2009) describes McGee's 1931 text as a basic but dated source of factual information, "told from the perspective of a true believer."
[John Edwin McGee, A Crusade for Humanity: The History of Organized Positivism in England (London: Watts, 1931). 64.]
His works included:
* A syllabus in the teaching of history 1934
* An outline of English history 1936
* A crusade for humanity: the history of
organized positivism in England, London : Watts & Co., 1931
* A history of the British
secular movement
The secular movement refers to a social and political trend in the United States, beginning in the early years of the 20th century, with the founding of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism in 1925 and the American Humanist Ass ...
1948
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20th-century English historians
Positivists
English male non-fiction writers