positivism

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌɪzm/    美 /ˈpɑzɪtɪvˌɪzm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics. countable,uncountable
    — The goal of positivism is to construct an objective, empirical and systematic foundation for knowledge. Given the above five tenets, it follows that positivists would hold that the world is composed of ‘facts’, or ‘sense data’ (or ‘atoms’).
  2. A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e., the law is posited by lawmakers (people). countable,uncountable

词形变化

positivisms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
legal positivism logical positivism neopositivism postpositivism
相关词
positivist Comtism

词源

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