Positivism

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Positivism can have several meanings.

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Law

Legal positivism is a view which, in contrast to the natural law view, claims that a legal system can be defined independently of evaluative terms or propositions. Sometimes legal positivism is understood as the view that laws must be obeyed, whatever their content. The late Carlos Nino called the former view "methodological" and the latter "ideological," claiming that only the former was philosophically defensible.

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Literature

In Poland, the period in literature after the January 1863 Uprising until the turn of the 20th century is known as the Positivist period. Famous Polish Positivist writers included (some, for part of their careers):

More broadly, Positivism was a major social ideology of Poland in that period and helped stimulate a growing interest in science, technology and economic development.

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Philosophy

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Social science

In sociology, anthropology, and other social sciences, the term social positivism was closely connected to naturalism and can be traced back to the philosophical thinking of Auguste Comte in the 19th century. In Comte's view, positivism is an approach to understanding the world based on science. Positivists believe that there is little if any difference between social sciences and natural sciences; societies, like nature, operate according to laws.ar:وضعية ca:Positivisme cs:Pozitivismus da:Positivisme de:Positivismus es:Positivismo eo:Pozitivismo fr:Positivisme gl:Positivismo it:Positivismo he:פוזיטיביזם lt:Pozityvizmas hu:Pozitivizmus nl:Positivisme ja:実証主義 pl:Pozytywizm pt:Positivismo ru:Позитивизм sk:Pozitivizmus fi:Positivismi sv:Positivism tr:Pozitivizm uk:Позитивізм