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deductivism Philos.|dɪˈdʌktɪvɪz(ə)m|
[f. deductive a. + -ism.]
The preference for, use of, or belief in the superiority of, deductive as opposed to inductive methods; esp. either the doctrine that induction has no place in scientific method, or that induction in some manner requires justification by deduction. So deˈductivist, one who advocates deductivism; also attrib. or as adj.
1908Fabian News June 56/2 The parallel sociological advance from metaphysics to deductivism. 1936A. L. Rowse Mr. Keynes ii. 7 That excessive and unenlightening deductivism in economics. Ibid. 9 It is simply to recommend a more modest habit of mind to the deductivists. 1959K. R. Popper Logic of Sci. Disc. i. 30 The theory of the deductive method of testing, or..the view that a hypothesis can only be empirically tested..might be called ‘deductivism’. Ibid., Duhem..held pronounced deductivist views. 1962in E. Nagel et al. Logic, Methodol., etc. 265 (title) The Controversy: Deductivism Versus Inductivism. |