Comte
First published 2012
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Readers interested in where sociology and the scientific study of society began will want this book. It suits those who read philosophy of science and intellectual history and want to trace Comte's ideas about progress and the sciences.
- positivism
- science of society
- history of ideas
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Mill's 1865 essay is a contemporary critical account of Comte's positivism by a thinker who admired parts of it.
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Durkheim builds on Comte's idea of a science of society and sets out how it should study social facts.
The Poverty of Historicism
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Popper criticises attempts to find laws of historical development, the kind of claim Comte's law of three stages makes.
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Aron places Comte alongside Marx, Durkheim and Weber in a clear account of how sociology developed.
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Nisbet traces the ideas behind sociology, including the positivist program that Comte set out.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhnabout 4 hours to read
Kuhn's account of how scientific knowledge changes gives a later view of the scientific progress Comte described.
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Gellner examines the claims of philosophy and social science against the background of positivist ideas.
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russellabout 15 hours to read
Russell's survey covers the empiricist and positivist traditions that shaped Comte's thinking.
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