Positivism: alternatives and connections

Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.

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The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

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The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; s…

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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.

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Positiveness.

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