Translation of positivism in Spanish:
positivism
positivismo, n.
See Spanish definition of positivismo
noun
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positivismo masculine- In fact, the branch that he refers to as econ-art can be seen as following the recognised scientific methodology of positivism.
- It relies on a rudimentary and thus unstated metaphysics, in much the same way as empiricism and positivism.
- This approach is a close cousin of the pre-war philosophical movement called positivism, which argues that in our investigation of the world we only encounter particular instances, never universals.
- Some see Galileo as a precursor of the philosophical empiricism of John Locke; others, of the positivism of Auguste Comte.
- The neo-realists distilled the essence of realist thought and then laced it with a large dose of scientific positivism.
- The book opens with a discussion of positivism and empiricism, positions which regrettably are still dominant within social and natural science.