Good evening, Mastadonies & Mastadonets. . I wish everyone a connected and memorable weekend. Remember to choose positivity, and being positive isn't fake: it's intelligent, an intelligent choice. I will most definitely practice what I preach.❤️#positivism #positivity

The Catechism of Positive Religion
(1891) : Comte, Auguste
isbn: 978-1-108-00087-1
#religion #science #positivism #worship #history #my_bibtex

A General View of Positivism
(1865) : Comte, Auguste
isbn: 978-1-108-00064-2
#positivism #science #religion #philosophy #my_bibtex

We need a separation of economics and state

#positivism

“The ‘positivist’ ideals of value neutrality and objectivity embody the very principles of egalitarianism and democracy [that ‘critical’ theorists] claim to subscribe to.”

van den Berg & Jeong (2022):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-022-00750-8

https://rdcu.be/c3T9k

#Science
#SociologyofScience
#ScienceofScience
#STS
@stsing
#PhilosophyOfScience
#PhilSci
@philosophyofscience
#ValueNeutrality
#Positivism
#StandpointTheory
#Epistemology
#Postmodernism

My gaps in general knowledge are the embarrassment that keeps on giving. 😬

For years now I’ve been extremely allergic to the word ‘#positive’ being used to assess somebody’s #character or #behaviour.

TIL that #Positivism is a theory in #philosophy that was an important informer of #eugenics.

Maybe I shouldn’t have engaged in that romantic relationship with Captain Charles Boycott after being force-fed Kant. 🙄

Study: "Censorship and Suppression of Covid-19 Heterodoxy: Tactics and Counter-Tactics"

Abstract
The emergence of COVID-19 has led to numerous controversies over COVID-related knowledge and policy. To counter the perceived threat from doctors and scientists who challenge the official position of governmental and intergovernmental health authorities, some supporters of this orthodoxy have moved to censor those who promote dissenting views. The aim of the present study is to explore the experiences and responses of highly accomplished doctors and research scientists from different countries who have been targets of suppression and/or censorship following their publications and statements in relation to COVID-19 that challenge official views. Our findings point to the central role played by media organizations, and especially by information technology companies, in attempting to stifle debate over COVID-19 policy and measures. In the effort to silence alternative voices, widespread use was made not only of censorship, but of tactics of suppression that damaged the reputations and careers of dissenting doctors and scientists, regardless of their academic or medical status and regardless of their stature prior to expressing a contrary position. In place of open and fair discussion, censorship and suppression of scientific dissent has deleterious and far-reaching implications for medicine, science, and public health.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11024-022-09479-4

#censorship #scientism #positivism #COVID19 #science

Crypto-positivism:

“A central dimension of our argument is that many of the tenets of positivism are so embedded within Western culture, academia, and the world of education in particular that they are often invisible to researchers and those who consume their research.”

Kincheloe and Tobin (2015): https://doi.org/10.1163/9789463000765_003

#PhilosophyOfScience
#PhilSci
#PhilScidon
@philosophy
#Positivism

#Death of Homo Sapiens #Sapiens - #Killed by Homo Economicus
#theory of #evolution #ecosystems #Nature #Oil #GHG #emissions CO2e
#Positivism #NaturalSelection #Relativism #economic gains

#Death of Homo Sapiens #Sapiens - #Killed by Homo Economicus
#theory of #evolution #ecosystems #Nature #Oil #GHG #emissions CO2e
#Positivism #NaturalSelection #Relativism #economic gains

"I decided to launch my big question: Is his falsification concept falsifiable? Popper glared at me. Then his expression softened, and he placed his hand on mine. 'I don't want to hurt you,' he said gently, 'but it is a silly question.'"

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-paradox-of-karl-popper/

#science #positivism #philosophy

Our author today, combines seemingly all issues of the second half of the #italian 19th century onto him self (post-risorgimental north-south problems, bourgeois scociety vs. starving working and agrarian classes, #positivism vs. #occultism, #realism vs. uncanny lit.). Some people from @litstudies could even be surprised to find him on my list of #uncanny authors and owners of the most stylish mustaches. It is non other then Luigi #Capuana! (1/6)

#horror #horrorcommunity #gothic

Our author today, combines seemingly all issues of the second half of the #italian 19th century onto him self (post-risorgimental north-south problems, bourgeois scociety vs. starving working and agrarian classes, #positivism vs. #occultism, r#ealism vs. uncanny lit.). Some people from @litstudies could even be surprised to find him on my list of #uncanny authors and owners of the most stylish mustaches. It is non other then Luigi #Capuana! (1/6)

#horror #horrorcommunity #gothic