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1. Positivism
   In regard to sociology, the view that the study of the social world should be conducted according to the principles of natural science. A positivist approach to sociology holds that objective knowledge can be produced through careful observation, comparison and experimentation.
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2. positivism
   [n] - the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) 2. [n] - a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation
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3. Positivism
   a means to understand the world based on science
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4. positivism
   Theory that confines genuine knowledge within the bounds of science and observation. The theory is associated with the French philosopher Auguste Comte and empiricism. Logical positivism developed...
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5. Positivism
   This paradigm assumes that human behaviour is determined by external stimuli and that it is possible to use the principles and methods traditionally employed by the natural scientist to observe and measure social phenomena.
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6. Positivism
   in its looser sense has come to mean an approach to social enquiry that emphasizes the discovery of laws of society, often involving an empiricist commitment to naturalism and quantitative methods. The word has become almost a term of abuse amongst social and cultural researchers, losing its philoso...
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7. Positivism
   Pos'i·tiv·ism noun A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives . It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations...
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8. positivism
   logical positivism noun the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
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9. Positivism
   • (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and spac...
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10. Positivism
    in philosophy, generally, any system that confines itself to the data of experience and excludes a priori or metaphysical speculations. More ... [36 related articles]
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11. positivism
    positivism (po'zitivizum) , philosophical doctrine that denies any validity to speculation or metaphysics. Sometimes associated with empiricism, positivism maintains that metaphysical questions are unanswerable and that the only knowledge is scientific knowledge. The basic tenets of positivism a...
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12. Positivism
    First associated with the doctrine of Auguste Comte that the highest form of knowledge is simple description presumably of sensory phenomena. The doctrine was based on an evolutionary 'law of three stages', believed by Comte to have been discovered by him in 1822 but anticipated by Turgot in 1750. T...
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13. positivism
    Theory that confines genuine knowledge within the bounds of science and observation. The theory is associated with the French philosopher Auguste Comte and empiricism. Logical positivism developed in the 1920s. It rejected any metaphysical world beyond everyday science and common sense, and confined...
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14. positivism
    that which has to be accepted as we find it and is not given to further explanation.
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15. Positivism
    (disambiguation) `Positivism`, a philosophy which states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, in opposition to pure empiricism and central to the foundation of academic sociology. `Positivism` may also refer to: See also:
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16. Positivism
    `Positivism` refers to a set of epistemological perspectives and philosophies of science which hold that the publisher=Routledge |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8527.2007.00388_4.x |journal=British Journal of Educational Studies |volume=55 |last2=Maldonado |first2=Antonio |postscript= |issue=4-->.--> the concep...
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