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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.

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positivism

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positivism

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌɪzm/

Noun

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Japanese Meaning

実証主義: 真の知識は科学的な検証と正の確認を通じてのみ得られるとし、形而上学などの非科学的要素を排除する哲学的立場。

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Her adoption of positivism led her to dismiss metaphysical questions as meaningless and focus solely on empirical verification.

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彼女が実証主義を採用したため、形而上学的な問いを無意味だと切り捨て、経験的な検証のみに専念するようになった。

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The goal of positivism is to construct an objective, empirical and systematic foundation for knowledge. Given the above five tenets, it follows that positivists would hold that the world is composed of ‘facts’, or ‘sense data’ (or ‘atoms’).

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