POSITIVE

'Positive' may refer to:

Contents

Mathematics and science

Philosophy and humanities

Other uses

See also

Mathematics and science

★ Positive number, a number that is greater than 0

★ Positive operator, in functional analysis, a bounded linear operator whose spectrum consists of positive real numbers

★ Positive electric charge, in physics

★ Converging lens or positive lens, in optics

Philosophy and humanities

★ Positive science, for a general usage in humanities and social sciences

★ Positivism, in philosophy, the name for theories which aim to be based on facts alone, eschewing metaphysics and religion

★ Positive freedom, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential

★ Negative and positive rights, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone

★ Positive economics, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect

★ Positive (linguistics), the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed

★ Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution

★ Positive law is man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from God or morality).

Other uses

★ Positive sign, in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs

★ Positive company, company of IT development

See also

★ Negative (disambiguation)

★ Normative

★ Optimism

★ Positive organ

★ Negative (photography), as opposed to positive images used in such applications as slide projection or photo emulsion stencil-making

★ HIV positive people or "poz"