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1. positivism
Wikipedia definition
2. PositivismPositivism is a philosophy of science based on the view that in the social as well as natural sciences, data derived from sensory experience, and logical and mathematical treatments of such data, are together the exclusive source of all authentic knowledge. Obtaining and "verifying" data that can be received from the senses is known as empirical evidence. This view holds that society operates according to laws like the physical world.
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