A doctrine presented by Auguste Comte (1798-1857), at the heart of which is the assertion that positive (scientific) knowledge is doomed to replace the philosophical (metaphysical), which is speculative, just as philosophical speculation has previously replaced religious (theological) ideas;
More generally, positivism is used to denote the position or attitude of someone who advocates the use of a scientific method.
Today, this term is used in fragments, as many modern authors argue that scientific methods have only limited applicability.
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