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Behaviourism vs Positivism - What's the difference?

behaviourism | positivism |

As nouns the difference between behaviourism and positivism

is that behaviourism is an approach to psychology focusing on behaviour, denying any independent significance for mind and assuming that behaviour is determined by the environment 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.

behaviourism

English

Alternative forms

* behaviorism (US)

Noun

(wikipedia behaviourism) (-)
  • an approach to psychology focusing on behaviour, denying any independent significance for mind and assuming that behaviour is determined by the environment

    • Anagrams

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    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