positivism
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He looked skeptically upon the heroic positivism he encountered in his science and philosophy classes there but found solace in the books of Friedrich Nietzsche.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
Comte believed that humanity would struggle to transition to positivism, as religions provided comforting and meaningful structure and rituals.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
But there are other, more interesting questions to ask: what is Miss World’s place now, in the era of body positivism and fourth-wave feminism?
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2019
For the recordings, Harrison’s signature slide-guitar sound was in full flower, adorning the LP with buoyancy and positivism.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2019
It is a result not unlike that of positivism, but reached from the ontological instead of the physical side.948.Mr.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
