Health behavior. Positivism Theory and Health

Positivism Theory and Health
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Positivism Theory and Health
The western culture refers to a heritage of political systems, social norms, belief systems, ethical values, specific artifacts, and traditional customs that have their some origin in Europe. The use of theory in western civilization originated from Greek philosophers. According to the Western philosophers, society operates through empirical data, predictability, order, and regularity, as well as progress and perfectibility. Positivity, one of the elements, is equally significant, mainly due to its contribution to the western population's health behavior.
Positivism stipulates that scientific knowledge is the most credible source of information when making crucial life decisions. It additionally explores general laws in connection to the relationships that exist between different phenomena, the cause, and effect, as well as the experiments conducted to approve existing hy...