A general view of positivism
| Title | A general view of positivism |
|---|---|
| Original title | Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme |
| Author | transl. from the French of Auguste Comte by J. H. Bridges |
| Publication | Routledge |
| Size | XX, 444p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Philosophy--Positivism Philosophy--French--19th century |
| Notes | A founding text in the development of positivism and the discipline of sociology, the work provides a revised and full account of the theory Comte presented earlier in his multi-part The Course in Positive Philosophy (1830–1842). Comte outlines the epistemological view of positivism, provides an account of the manner by which sociology should be performed, and describes his law of three stages. Positivism claims that information derived from logical and mathematical treatments and reports of sensory experience is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge, and that there is valid knowledge (truth) only in this derived knowledge. Verified data received from the senses are known as empirical evidence. Positivism holds that society, like the physical world, operates according to general laws. Introspective and intuitive knowledge is rejected, as is metaphysics and theology. Although the positivist approach has been a recurrent theme in the history of western thought, the modern sense of the approach was developed by the philosopher Auguste Comte in the early 19th century. Comte argued that, much as the physical world operates according to gravity and other absolute laws, so does society.[wikipedia] |
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