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Auguste Comte
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comteis said to be the founder of positivism, a philosophical and political movement which had very wide diffusion in the second half of the nineteenth century. It dropped into almost oblivion during the twentieth, when it was eclipsed by neopositivism. -
The classification of the sciences and philosophy of science
This classification structures the course which examines each of the six fundamental sciences mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, sociology in turn. It provides a way to do justice to the diversity of the sciences without losing sight of their collective. -
law of the three stages
One of his most important works was The law of the three stages. The law states that in its development humanity must pass through three successive stages the theological, the metaphysical, and the positive. -
Works Cited
Bourdeau, Michel. “Auguste Comte.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 8 May 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/comte/#ClaSciSci.
