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positivist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rationalist |
| Type of | nonreligious person |
| Has types | logical positivist |
| Derivation | positivism |
positivist::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | positive, positivistic |
positivist thinkers.
positivist doctrine.
Examples of positivist
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But no positivist has ever asserted that law is made valid by anyone's decision.
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In contrast, archaeology and biological anthropology remained largely positivist.
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He advanced falsification in lieu of the logical positivist idea of verifiability.
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I don't agree that Ranke was a positivist in contradiction with postmodernism.
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Heisenberg and Bohr always described quantum mechanics in logical positivist terms.
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Roman-germanic model is far too positivist, cannot compete with angloamerican model.
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Social network analysis is an example of a new paradigm in the positivist tradition.
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There were many points on which Durkheim agreed with the positivist thesis.
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A strong critic of Heidegger's philosophy was the British logical positivist A. J. Ayer.
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- Of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"
- Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
- (positivism) the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
- (positivism) positivity: a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
- (Positivists) 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. ...
- (positivism) 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 ...
- (positivism) 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.
- The word "positivism" in social science and philosophy means the application of the scientific method to social phenomena. ...
- (positivism) The theory that genuine knowledge is acquired by science and that metaphysical speculation has no validity. ...
