Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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positivism | Yes | No | No | No |
Comtism | Yes | No | No | No |
positivism (noun) | Comtism (noun) |
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a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness | Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top |
the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) |