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

He was of too masculine and energetic a cast of mind to feel mere shock as he listened to Huxley, Tyndall, Clifford, Harrison, firmly arguing materialism or positivism or agnosticism or other unhistoric forms.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John