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noun
- philosophy, Philosophical movement of the second half of the XIX century, that refused every form of metaphysics and put scientific data as the only foundation of knowledge. "Logic positivism", "neopositivism".
- practical, Practical spirit, sense of reality, concreteness.
- A legal school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen to been separated from moral values - i.e. The law is posited by law makers (humans). See - w:legal positivism, positivism
Translations: Etymology: From the french word positivisme, derived from positif (positive).
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