positivism
11positivism — a philosophy (of science), that originated in the Vienna Circle in the 1920s, which holds that philosophy should aspire to the same sort of rigor as science. Philosophy should provide strict criteria for judging sentences true, false and… …
12Positivism — philosophical position that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge. It is an approach to the philosophy of science, deriving from Enlightenment thinkers like Pierre Simon Laplace (and many others). See also logical positivism. •… …
13positivism — noun Etymology: French positivisme, from positif positive + isme ism Date: 1847 1. a. a theory that theology and metaphysics are earlier imperfect modes of knowledge and that positive knowledge is based on natural phenomena and their properties… …
14Positivism — See Comte and positivism …
15POSITIVISM — the philosophy so called of AUGUSTE COMTE (q.v. COMTE, AUGUSTE), the aim of which is to propound a new arrangement of the sciences and a new theory of the evolution of science; the sciences he classes under the categories of abstract and… …
16positivism — [[t]pɒ̱zɪtɪvɪsm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Positivism is a philosophy which accepts only things that can be seen or proved. Syn: empiricism Derived words: positivist plural N COUNT usu N n By far the most popular idea is the positivist one that we should… …
17positivism — noun Philosophy 1》 a philosophical system (especially as postulated by the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857)) recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and… …
18positivism — pozityvizmas statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Filosofija ir metodologija, teigianti, kad svarbiausias mokslo tikslas – aprašyti patiriamą tikrovę ir teikti apie ją stebėjimu ir eksperimentu, o ne įžvalgomis paremtas žinias. Siekia atskirti… …
19positivism — n. 1 Philos. the philosophical system of Auguste Comte, recognizing only non metaphysical facts and observable phenomena, and rejecting metaphysics and theism. 2 a religious system founded on this. 3 = logical positivism. Derivatives: positivist… …
20Positivism (disambiguation) — Positivism is a philosophy that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge.Positivism may also refer to:* Legal positivism, a school of thought in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law * Logical positivism, a school of… …
