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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: antipositivism
noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: legal positivism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: positivity, positiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: assertiveness, self-assertiveness
noun
the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: logical positivism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
Narrower terms: Comtism
History
Borrowed from French positivisme, from positif (“positive”). By surface analysis, positiv(e) + -ism.
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