Antimetaphysicalism

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Noun
  1. 1
    The denial of any metaphysics that is not grounded in science and positivism. uncountable

    "Thus, the theory of history served as a powerful pragmatic reinforcement, in Comte's scheme, for the epistemological premises of positivism—relentless phenomenalism, antimetaphysicalism, and unitarian hierarchy of knowledge."

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"Thus, the theory of history served as a powerful pragmatic reinforcement, in Comte's scheme, for the epistemological premises of positivism—relentless phenomenalism, antimetaphysicalism, and unitarian hierarchy of knowledge."

Etymology

From anti- + metaphysical + -ism.

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