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A general view of positivism.
LIBRA B2228.E5 B7 1957
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857.
- Standardized Title:
- Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Positivism.
- Physical Description:
- 444 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Official centenary edition of the International Auguste Comte Centenary Committee. [Translated from the French by J.H. Bridges].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : R. Speller, 1957.
- Summary:
- Positivism is a philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from sensory experience, logical and mathematical treatments is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge, that there is valid knowledge (truth) only in scientific knowledge. Verified data received from the senses is known as empirical evidence. This view, when applied to the social as to the natural sciences, holds that society operates according to general laws like the physical world. Introspective and intuitive knowledge is rejected.
- Notes:
- Translation of Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857. Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme. English. General view of positivism.
- OCLC:
- 964591
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