Definition of Positivist. Meaning of Positivist. Synonyms of Positivist

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Definition of Positivist

Positivist
Positivist Pos"i*tiv*ist, n. A believer in positivism. -- a. Relating to positivism.

Meaning of Positivist from wikipedia

- religious faith, are rejected or considered meaningless. Although the positivist approach has been a recurrent theme in the history of western thought...
- The positivist calendar was a calendar reform proposal by Auguste Comte in 1849. Revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini, or an even earlier proposal...
- philosophy into "scientific philosophy", which, according to the logical positivists, ought to share the bases and structures of empirical sciences' best...
- philosophy, social sciences, and various models of scientific inquiry. While positivists emphasize independence between the researcher and the researched person...
- same basic principles at its core. Simply put, positivists see sociology as a science, while anti-positivists do not. The antipositivist tradition continued...
- positivism further by separating law not only from morality, as the early positivists did, but also from empirical facts, introducing the concept of a norm...
- secular religion created by Auguste Comte (1798–1857), the founder of positivist philosophy. Adherents of this religion have built chapels of Humanity...
- the year were likewise dedicated to "saints" in the Positivist Religion of Humanity. Positivist w****s, months, and years begin with Monday instead of...
- Frankfurt School proponents who accused the critical rationalists of being positivists—while the latter considered themselves to be opponents of positivism...
- communication studies, psychology, culturology and political science. Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those used in the natural sciences...