positivism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
noun a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

Borrowed from French positivisme, from positif (“positive”). By surface analysis, positiv(e) + -ism.

Positivism, 54, 108 Possibilities, 151, 181-2, 292, 294. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
[759] Auguste Comte and Positivism. [760] Principles, Book IV, chap. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. — The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

logical positivism

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