positivism
Theory that confines genuine knowledge within the bounds of science and observation. The theory is associated with the French philosopher Auguste Comte and empiricism. Logical positivism developed in the 1920s. It rejected any metaphysical world beyond everyday science and common sense, and confined statements to those of formal logic or mathematics.
On the basis of positivism, Comte constructed his ‘Religion of Humanity’, in which the object of adoration was the Great Being; that is, the personification of humanity as a whole. Logical positivism influenced, and became more widely known through, the work of A J Ayer and the Vienna Circle.
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