Associations to the word «Positivism»
Noun
- Comte
- Auguste
- Materialism
- Idealism
- Marxism
- Realism
- Jurisprudence
- Rationality
- Romanticism
- Critique
- Humanism
- Sociology
- Skepticism
- Kuhn
- Verification
- Hegel
- Moritz
- Kant
- Mach
- Philosophy
- Ism
- Enlightenment
- Paradigm
- Tenet
- Hume
- Philosopher
- Fascism
- Thinker
- Liberalism
- Proponent
- Morality
- Methodology
- Neo
- Vienna
- Logic
- Semantics
- Twentieth
- Marx
- Ethic
- Fallacy
- Relativity
- Validity
- Nineteenth
- Bertrand
- Socialism
- Mysticism
- Theory
- Huxley
- Locke
- Rudolf
- Modernity
- Theorist
- Hahn
- Hart
- Putnam
- Descartes
- Colonialism
- Feminism
- Rejection
- Ethics
- Ideology
- Modernism
- Coherence
- Theology
- Thesis
- Doctrine
- Worldview
- Nietzsche
- Intellectual
- Legal
- Pornography
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
POSITIVISM, noun. (philosophy) 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.
POSITIVISM, noun. (legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans); legal positivism.
Dictionary definition
POSITIVISM, noun. The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation).
POSITIVISM, noun. A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness.
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