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Antipositivism vs Positivism - What's the difference?

antipositivism | positivism | Antonyms |

Positivism is a antonym of antipositivism.



As nouns the difference between antipositivism and positivism

is that antipositivism is the view in social science that the social realm may not be subject to the same methods of investigation as the natural world while positivism is 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.

antipositivism

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia antipositivism)
  • The view in social science that the social realm may not be subject to the same methods of investigation as the natural world.

    • Related terms

    * antipositivist

    Synonyms

    * interpretivism

    positivism

    English

    (wikipedia positivism) (legal positivism)

    Noun

  • (philosophy) 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.
  • Practical spirit, sense of reality, concreteness.
  • (legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).

    • Antonyms

    * (in philosophy) antipositivism

    Derived terms

    * logical positivism * legal positivism * neopositivism