Question

critically examine the concept and philosophy of positivism​

Answer 1

Positivism is a philosophical theory which states that "genuine" knowledge (knowledge of anything which is not true by definition) is exclusively derived from experience of natural phenomena and their properties and relations. Thus, information derived from sensory experience, as interpreted through reason and logic, forms the exclusive source of all certain knowledge.[1] Positivism therefore holds that all genuine knowledge is a posteriori knowledge.