Positivism+-+Stephanie

//**Positivism - Stephanie**//
1) Painting by numbers would be a positivist approach to art. Follow these guidelines in order to produce a masterpiece!

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2) Here is an attempt to explain, rationalize, understand war (a social phenomena) using science and mathematics. (On a side note, I think these "Ted Talks" are great. If you're not familiar with them there are many presentations from many different experts in many different fields. It is very likely that I will post more...) [|Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war] Here is the link you can copy and past in your browser: http://www.ted.com/talks/sean_gourley_on_the_mathematics_of_war.html

3) These two pictures are examples of positivism in the work place. The second one is a little positivism humor.

4) Within the theory of positivism, social norms are explained as the result of people's actions and decisions within (and as a function of) a specific context. Social norms arise and persist because they are functional within a certain context. Here is a picture that highlights rather different social norms (dress) that could be explained by contrasting the contexts from which they originated.

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