different between relativism vs positivism

English

Etymology

From relative +? -ism.

Noun

relativism (countable and uncountable, plural relativisms)

1. (uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.
2. (countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.
   • 2008, Paul Boghossian, “Replies to Wright, MacFarlane and Sosa,” Philosophical Studies, vol. 141, no. 3, p. 413:

     Following Gilbert Harman’s lead, my own formulation of relativism about the normative domain was based on the classic examples of thoroughgoing relativisms drawn from physics.

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See also

• alternativism
• pragmatism

References

• relativism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• relativism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• relativism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French relativisme

Noun

relativism n (uncountable)

1. relativism

Declension

English

Etymology

From French positivisme, from positif (“positive”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?z?t?v??zm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?z?t?v??zm/

Noun

positivism (countable and uncountable, plural positivisms)

1. (philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
2. (law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans); legal positivism.

Antonyms

• (in philosophy): antipositivism

Derived terms

• logical positivism
• legal positivism
• neopositivism

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