Sociology: From Science to Pseudoscience
... An unaccountable number of objections have been raised against inductivism in general and its use in sociology in particular. The most important of these is that “facts” about the real world is not self evident, they have to be interpreted as facts rather than simply discovered to be facts. So that, ...
... An unaccountable number of objections have been raised against inductivism in general and its use in sociology in particular. The most important of these is that “facts” about the real world is not self evident, they have to be interpreted as facts rather than simply discovered to be facts. So that, ...
the nature of scientific theory
... meanings--and hence point to different phenomena--for varying groups of scientists. This is why many concepts in science are expressed in technical or more "neutral" languages, such as the symbols of mathematics. In sociology, expressing concepts in such special Languages is sometimes not only impos ...
... meanings--and hence point to different phenomena--for varying groups of scientists. This is why many concepts in science are expressed in technical or more "neutral" languages, such as the symbols of mathematics. In sociology, expressing concepts in such special Languages is sometimes not only impos ...
The Positive Philosophy Auguste Comte Batoche Books
... scientific character is far less inferior than is commonly supposed. We must first describe its domain. There is no doubt that the gradual development of human intelligence would, in course of time lead us over from the theological and metaphysical state to the positive by a series of logical concep ...
... scientific character is far less inferior than is commonly supposed. We must first describe its domain. There is no doubt that the gradual development of human intelligence would, in course of time lead us over from the theological and metaphysical state to the positive by a series of logical concep ...
Auguste Comte
Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857), better known as Auguste Comte (French: [oɡyst kɔ̃t]), was a French philosopher. He was a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism. He is sometimes regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term.Influenced by the utopian socialist Henri Saint-Simon, Comte developed the positive philosophy in an attempt to remedy the social malaise of the French Revolution, calling for a new social doctrine based on the sciences. Comte was a major influence on 19th-century thought, influencing the work of social thinkers such as Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot. His concept of sociologie and social evolutionism set the tone for early social theorists and anthropologists such as Harriet Martineau and Herbert Spencer, evolving into modern academic sociology presented by Émile Durkheim as practical and objective social research.Comte's social theories culminated in the ""Religion of Humanity"", which influenced the development of religious humanist and secular humanist organizations in the 19th century. Comte likewise coined the word altruisme (altruism).
