A General View of Positivism

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A General View of Positivism
AuthorAuguste Comte
Original titleDiscours sur l'ensemble du positivisme
LanguageFrench
SubjectPositivism
Publication date
1844
Published in English
1865
146
LC ClassB2228.E5

A General View of Positivism (Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme) is a 1844 book by the French philosopher Auguste Comte, first published in English in 1865. 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.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Comte, A.; Bridges, J.H. (tr.), A General View of Positivism; Trubner and Co., 1865 (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00064-2)

External links[edit]