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What is another word for positivists?

Pronunciation: [pˈɒzɪtˌɪvɪsts] (IPA)

Positivists are individuals who subscribe to the philosophy that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation of the natural world. Alternative words that can be used to describe positivists include empiricists, naturalists, rationalists, and realists. Empiricists believe that knowledge and truth are derived from sensory experiences, while naturalists agree that the only source of knowledge is nature itself. Rationalists argue that reason is the primary source of knowledge, while realists believe that external objects exist independently of human perception. Regardless of which term is used, positivists place a great emphasis on the need for empirical evidence as a basis for understanding the world around us.
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  • Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures.
    Jean Piaget
  • Of the three great skeptics I interviewed, Popper was the first to make his mark. His philosophy stemmed from his effort to distinguish pseudoscience, such as Marxism or astrology or Freudian psychology, from genuine science, such as Einstein's theory of relativity. The latter, Popper decided, was testable; it made predictions about the world that could be empirically checked. The logical positivists had said as much. But Popper denied the positivist assertion that scientists can a theory through induction, or repeated empirical tests or observations. One never knows if one's observations have been sufficient; the next observation might contradict all that preceded it. Observations can never prove a theory but can only disprove, or falsify it. Popper often bragged that he had "killed" logical positivism with this argument.
    John Horgan (journalist)

Related words: positivism, positivist, doctrine, ism, positive beliefs, optimism

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