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Definition of Positivistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to positivism. "Positive philosophy"

Definition of Positivistic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to positivism ¹

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Definition of Positivistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Positivistic

Literary usage of Positivistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Problem of Knowledge by Douglas Clyde Macintosh (1915)
"Let us consider first the psychological-positivistic type of abstract idealism, as represented by the views of GS Fuller- ton in 1904. ..."

2. The Problem of Knowledge by Douglas Clyde Macintosh (1915)
"Let us consider first the psychological-positivistic type of abstract idealism, as represented by the views of GS Fuller- ton in 1904. ..."

3. Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri, William West Smithers, Joseph Ignatius Kelly, John Lisle (1917)
"positivistic Basis of Penal Law. These are the rules of legal and social life in all that concerns the preservation of order, which the positivist school ..."

4. Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri, William West Smithers, Joseph Ignatius Kelly, John Lisle (1917)
"positivistic Abolition of the Jury System. KNOWLEDGE sufficiently scientific—such is the principle which must govern this fundamental reform of the penal ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1893)
"My critic says (^f 57) that 1 am "very positivistic in my logic of science. ... Were I to name those of my teachers who were most positivistic in theory, ..."

6. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"The fact/value distinction Habermas points out that, according to the positivistic fact/value distinction, facts and values are regarded as though they ..."

7. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1904)
"The sab- Professor Münsterberg champions the cause of idealism as against the prevailing positivistic tendency. The book is a polemic against the ..."

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