- positivism, logical positivism - the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
--1 is a kind of empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
--1 has particulars: Comtism - positivism, positivity - a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation
--2 is a kind of quality
--2 has particulars: positiveness