Positivism

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Positivism, a philosophy which states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, in opposition to pure empiricism and central to the foundation of academic sociology.

Positivism may also refer to:

• Legal positivism, a school of thought in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law
• Logical positivism, a school of philosophy that combines empiricism with a version of rationalism
• Political positivism, a theory founded by Ljubiša Bojić
• Sociological positivism, a sociological paradigm
• Positivism in Poland, a socio-cultural movement in Poland after the January Uprising

See also

• Postpositivism

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