Well I think we as humans naturally have a positivist viewpoint that helps us coexist; which basically means that we use scientific principles of knowledge to understand social, political, and even cultural phenomena may be understood. So that we may comprehend not just how the physical world functions, but also how human conduct functions so we don't kill each other.
Dad, how do all these people in this city function together
Honey, you’re scaring him!
Back to work in this factory for 12 hours straight. Only if more people believed in Marxism.
Whats that?
Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that use a dialectical viewpoint to analyze social transformation and a materialist interpretation of historical development to understand class relations and social conflict in order to take power away from the elites and into the hands of those who control the means of production. (Us)
Marxism and Positivism are two distinct philosophical approaches to understanding the world. Marxism stemming from Positivism.
Marxism is a materialist philosophy that emphasizes the importance of economic and social structures in understanding the world. It is based on the idea that the economic and social structures of a society determine the way people think and act.
Positivism v. Marxism
In order to understand Postivism and Marxism as a class lets move on to the examples on the next slide.
Positivism, on the other hand, is an epistemological approach that emphasizes the importance of empirical evidence and scientific methods in understanding the world. It is based on the idea that knowledge can only be acquired through observation and experimentation.