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Abstract
Growth of positivism can not be separated from the paradigm of Rene Descartes
and Isac Newton, who is often referred to as the Cartesian-Newtonian. Cartesian-
Newtonian paradigm is, one side managed to develop science and technologies
that facilitate human life, but on the other hand reduce the complexity and
richness of human life itself. Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm to treat human and
social system like a big machine that is set according to the conceptual basis of
objectivism, determinism, reductionism, materialism-saintisisme,
instrumentalisme, dualism and the mechanistic. This was the cause of the
Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm stands firmly in inspiring understand positivism,
and gradually also affect the science of law.
Keywords: Legal Positivism, the Revolution of Science, Law Progressive
and Isac Newton, who is often referred to as the Cartesian-Newtonian. Cartesian-
Newtonian paradigm is, one side managed to develop science and technologies
that facilitate human life, but on the other hand reduce the complexity and
richness of human life itself. Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm to treat human and
social system like a big machine that is set according to the conceptual basis of
objectivism, determinism, reductionism, materialism-saintisisme,
instrumentalisme, dualism and the mechanistic. This was the cause of the
Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm stands firmly in inspiring understand positivism,
and gradually also affect the science of law.
Keywords: Legal Positivism, the Revolution of Science, Law Progressive