positivism
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE BASED ON THE VIEW THAT INFORMATION DERIVED FROM SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION IS THE EXCLUSIVE SOURCE OF ALL AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE
Positivist; Sociological positivism; Positive sciences; Positive (social sciences); Social positivism; Positivist model; Positivism (philosophy); Positivistic; Postivistic; Positivism (sociology); Positivism in Europe to 1900; Positive philosophy; Popper legend; Historical positivism; Criticism of positivism; Positive Social Science
¦ noun Philosophy
1. a philosophical system (especially as postulated by the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857)) recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and therefore rejecting metaphysics and theism.
2. the theory that laws derive validity from the fact of having been enacted by authority or of deriving logically from existing decisions, rather than from any moral considerations.
Derivatives
positivist noun & adjective
positivistic adjective
positivistically adverb