It may be called a positive science, because its premises are facts, but it is hypothetical in so far as the laws it lays down are only approximately true, i . e . are only valid in the absence of counteracting agencies.
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Repelled by the purely positive science of law, he devoted himself to the study of philosophy and theology, and spent seven years wandering through the chief universities of Italy and France, studying Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
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Whereas both Marxist Leninist and social democratic orthodox thinkers viewed Marxism as a new kind of positive science, Frankfurt School theorists such as Horkheimer instead based their work on the epistemological base of Marx's work, which presented itself as critique, as in Marx's " exploitation ).
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Such debates are reflected in discussion of positive science and specifically in economics, where critics, such as Gunnar Myrdal ( 1954 ), and proponents of Feminist Economics such as Julie A . Nelson, Geoff Schneider and Jean Shackelford, and Diana Strassmann, dispute the idea that economics can be completely neutral and agenda-free.
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His long list of published books includes " Philosophy Face to the Progress of Positive Sciences " ( 1876 ), " Metaphysics, Religion and Science " ( 1884 ), " The Principles of Psychology " ( 1892 ), " The Inductive Morals or the Science of the Human Behaviour " ( 1885 ) etc.
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Some entries which could be included in the disambiguation page are Affirmative Action, Positive Action, Positive Discipline, Positive affectivity, Positive liberty, Positive Deviance, Positive, Positive environmentalism, Positive Eustasy, Positive Force, Gravitropism, Positive incentive, Positive and negative ( NLP ), Inductive effect, Lynchet, Positive mental attitude, Positive non-interventionism, Positive Neuroscience, Positive punishment, Positive parenting, Positive politeness, Positive reinforcement, Positive SETI, Positive science, Positive statement, Positive thought, Positive youth development.
