| 单词 | positivism |
| 释义 | positivism[ poz-i-tuh-viz-uhm ] / ˈpɒz ɪ təˌvɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR positivism ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance. a philosophical system founded by Auguste Comte, concerned with positive facts and phenomena, and excluding speculation upon ultimate causes or origins. Origin of positivismFirst recorded in 1850–55; positive + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM positivismWords nearby positivismpositive ray, positive scotoma, positive stain, positive theology, positive vetting, positivism, positivity, positron, positron emission tomography, positronium, posole Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for positivismBritish Dictionary definitions for positivismpositivism / (ˈpɒzɪtɪˌvɪzəm) / nouna strong form of empiricism, esp as established in the philosophical system of Auguste Comte, that rejects metaphysics and theology as seeking knowledge beyond the scope of experience, and holds that experimental investigation and observation are the only sources of substantial knowledgeSee also logical positivism Also called: legal positivism the jurisprudential doctrine that the legitimacy of a law depends on its being enacted in proper form, rather than on its contentCompare natural law (def. 3) the quality of being definite, certain, etc Derived forms of positivismpositivist, noun, adjectivepositivistic, adjectivepositivistically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for positivismpositivism An approach to philosophy frequently found in the twentieth century. Positivists usually hold that all meaningful statements must be either logical inferences or sense descriptions, and they usually argue that the statements found in metaphysics, such as “Human beings are free” or “Human beings are not free,” are meaningless because they cannot possibly be verified by the senses. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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