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antimetaphysicalism

noun

Etymology

From anti- + metaphysical + -ism.

  1. derived from metaphysicālis
  2. inherited from metaphisicalle
  3. formed as antimetaphysicalism — “anti- + metaphysical + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The denial of any metaphysics that is not grounded in science and positivism.

    • Thus, the theory of history served as a powerful pragmatic reinforcement, in Comte's scheme, for the epistemological premises of positivism—relentless phenomenalism, antimetaphysicalism, and unitarian hierarchy of knowledge.

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