| 释义 |
positiˈvistically, adv.
[f. positivistic a. + -ly2.]
In a positivistic manner.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. vi. 177 Nevertheless, this formula which is so unobjectionable if taken vaguely, positivistically, or scientifically, as a mere empirical law of concomitance..tumbles to pieces entirely if we assume to represent anything more intimate or ultimate by it. 1935Mind XLIV. 128 The difference between the subjective and the objective may be interpreted positivistically by the category of degree which rules the newer physics. 1946R. G. Collingwood Idea of Hist. iv. ii. 182 The facts are positivistically conceived as isolated from each other. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Dec. 1590/5 It is just such ordinariness that has so often been lost from psychology in its efforts to deal positivistically with isolated variables. |