positivism
nounEtymology
Borrowed from French positivisme, from positif (“positive”). By surface analysis, positiv(e) + -ism.
- borrowed from positivisme
Definitions
A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and…
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.
- History, and its literary expression, narrative, were not scientific, and so did not deserve the attention that true sciences did. Only science could yield positive knowledge—hence the passion for positivism, and the origin of the term.
A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral…
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 (people).
The neighborhood
- neighborpositivist
- neighborComtism
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA