Associations to the word «Positivist»

Wiktionary

POSITIVIST, noun. A believer in positivism.

Dictionary definition

POSITIVIST, noun. Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes.
POSITIVIST, adjective. Of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope