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positivism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | logical positivism |
| Type of | empiricist philosophy, empiricism, sensationalism |
| Has types | comtism |
| Derivation | positivist, positivistic |
positivism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | positiveness, positivity |
| Type of | quality |
| Has types | assertiveness, self-assertiveness |
Examples of positivism
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The illogical positivism of Kroto's talk is symptomatic of a widespread problem.
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The spread of logical positivism in the USA occurred throughout the 1920s-1930s.
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Jeremy Bentham's modifications on legal positivism further developed the theory.
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Even now, hymning health and positivism, Bowie is doing a delicate balancing act.
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Max Horkheimer criticized the classic formulation of positivism on two grounds.
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Comte's idea of positivism was, according to Dilthey, one-sided and misleading.
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He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism.
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Logical positivism was essential to the development of early analytic philosophy.
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John Austin is best known for his work developing the theory of legal positivism.
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- The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
- Positivity: a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
- (positivist) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
- (positivistic) positivist: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"
- Positivism refers to a set of epistemological perspectives and philosophies of science which hold that the scientific method is the best approach to uncovering the processes by which both physical and human events occur. ...
- A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics; Practical spirit, sense of reality, concreteness; A school of ...
- (Positivist) a philosophic system holding that speculation on ultimate causes or origins is futile; therefore it focussed on positive facts and dvelopments. In a looser sense, seeing human history as a story of progress.
- Theoretical position that explanations must be empirically verifiable, that there are universal laws in the structure and transformation of human institutions, and that theories which incorporate individualistic elements, such as minds, are not verifiable.
- Branch of philosophy which emphasises the observable and factual over the theoretical or metaphysical.
