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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Auguste Comte"”.
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The Loss of the Philosophic Tradition and the Rise of the Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte
… and originator of the Positive Philosophy, Auguste Comte. I analyze the author's several volumes, these dedicated to establishing a new foundation of political thought, one in which scientific inquiry would serve as the ground for seeking truth and knowledge and as a basis for …
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Parisian Social Studies: Positivism and the Novels of Balzac, Paul de Kock and Zola
… in the early 1840s, the progressive theories of Auguste Comte (collected, in particular, in his Cours de philosophie positive from 1830-1842) promulgated a scientific, observational approach to the study of society. Throughout the five chapters of this project, I will posit that authors of urban …
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The question of method in social science
… was popularized through the writings of Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill and found its final expression in the doctrines of logical positivism. The positivist ideal of a social scientific method based on observation, experimentation and verification gained dominance through the …
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The Comte connection : George Eliot, positivism and poetry
… propagate ideas derived from the philosophy of Auguste Comte. An understanding of the relationship between the poetry and Comtean Positivism is an essential preparation for adequate critical assessment. After a brief exploration of the critical disinheritance, the question of George Eliot's …
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Chimeras and Jagunços: Positivist Discourse in Euclides da Cunha's Os Sertões
… adhering to the Natural Laws identified by Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, and, in particular, Herbert Spencer. Positivist progress was, however, contingent upon the elimination of the pathological, amorphous 'savage lower races. Non-white degeneration in Brazil, especially amongst its …
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Genèse et crise de la sociologie : étude sur l’épistémologie de Raymond Boudon
La sociologie a proposé une multitude d’explications sur divers phénomènes sociaux. Cependant, plusieurs sociologues, dont Boudon se sont surtout intéressés à l’aspect scientifique de la sociologie. Les questions les plus souvent posées lorsqu’on entreprend de telles études se penchent …