Positivism vs Materialism - What's the difference?
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(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).
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
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(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
(obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
In philosophy terms the difference between positivism and materialism
is that 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 while materialism is the philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.positivism
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(wikipedia positivism) (legal positivism)Noun
Antonyms
* (in philosophy) antipositivismDerived terms
* logical positivism * legal positivism * neopositivismmaterialism
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(wikipedia materialism)Noun
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.