positivism
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- noun
- /ˈpɒzɪtɪvɪzəm/
- Formal
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positivismo
- The philosophy of positivism emphasizes that knowledge should be grounded in experience and observable facts.
- logical positivism
- scientific positivism
- naive positivism
And we can also talk about positivism and other, other movements that are going on as being more rationalistic or being more empiricist.
- And we can also talk about positivism and other, other movements that are going on as being more rationalistic or being more empiricist.
- Now is does positivism come out on top in this way?
Examples
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Students in the arts and sciences and in agriculture demonstrated less dualism and logical positivism than students in other disciplines.
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The debate between exclusive and inclusive legal positivism has occupied the attention of legal philosophers for some time.
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By this stage, it seems unnecessary to argue that positivism does not have a monopoly on good practice.
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By the third quarter of the nineteenth century, the reaction against Positivism was well underway.
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Dewey accepted the first two assumptions of positivism but rejected the third.
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The influence of positivism can be gauged from the success of quantification rhetoric.
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His project to re-enchant the Irish countryside failed in the face of an all-pervasive positivism.
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Developed by the Vienna Circle, logical positivism accepted as its central doctrine Wittgenstein's verification theory of meaning.
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In their studies, the researchers applied positivism to analyze data collected through experiments and observations.
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Philosophers often debate the merits of positivism compared to other theories that prioritize intuition or revelation.
Synonyms
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A view that we learn mainly from experience, observation, and experiments
A view that knowledge comes mostly from what we learn through our senses
A view in philosophy that says only knowledge from science and observation counts, rejecting ideas that cannot be tested
The belief that people learn best by doing things rather than by reading or listening
Antonyms
- Specialized
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Reality exists because of the mind and ideas, not independent physical things
- Formal
A belief that people know important truths by direct feeling rather than by proof or seeing
Compounds
- Formal
A view in philosophy that says only knowledge from science and observation counts, rejecting ideas that cannot be tested
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Positivism comes from positive, from the Latin positus meaning 'placed' and 'certain'. In philosophy, positivism says true knowledge must come from what we can see, test, or measure, so only experience and facts count.