Glossary of terms used on this site
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positivism |
a philosophical position which holds that all knowledge including that of the social sciences is what can be obtained using scientific methods - observation and experiment. It is thus linked to empiricism and opposed to metaphysics religion and idealism. It has been criticised as being too narrow in scope and in presenting a simplistic view of factual knowledge (see postpositivism). |