ما معنىpositivism؟
ما معنىpositivism؟
- Philosophy A doctrine contending that sense perceptions are the only admissible basis of human knowledge and precise thought.
- Philosophy The application of this doctrine in logic, epistemology, and ethics.
- Philosophy The system of Auguste Comte designed to supersede theology and metaphysics and depending on a hierarchy of the sciences, beginning with mathematics and culminating in sociology.
- Philosophy Any of several doctrines or viewpoints, often similar to Comte's, that stress attention to actual practice over consideration of what is ideal: "Positivism became the 'scientific' base for authoritarian politics, especially in Mexico and Brazil” ( Raymond Carr).
- The state or quality of being positive.