A system of philosophy, owing its origin to Auguste Comte, which teaches that scientific fact is the basis of knowledge and the only sure source of truth, and that by the study of phenomena, rather than by a search for ultimate causes, a solution of the problems of the universe may be attained.

【哲】实证哲学(孔德所创，以科学的事实为知识的基础，亦为真理之唯一根源；主张研究自然问题，而不考求最终原因，即可解决宇宙问题)。