Project Gutenberg 2005-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 196 Mill, John Stuart 1806 1873 Mill, J. S. (John Stuart) Auguste Comte and Positivism Reading ease score: 40.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Marc D'Hooghe "Auguste Comte and Positivism" by John Stuart Mill is a critical philosophical examination written in the mid-19th century. This work analyzes the development and implications of Auguste Comte's positivist philosophy, which asserts that knowledge is derived solely from empirical evidence and observable phenomena. Mill seeks to dissect Comte's contributions while also addressing misconceptions and errors in Comte's thinking regarding the progression and classification of sciences. The opening of the book introduces the concept of positivism and its rise in intellectual discourse during the time. Mill notes how positivism emerged as a significant philosophical movement, particularly responding to the complexities of the theological and metaphysical explanations that dominated prior thinking. He focuses on Comte's argument that human knowledge evolves through distinct stages—starting with theological, moving to metaphysical, and finally reaching the positive stage, where knowledge relies on observable phenomena. Mill positions himself to clarify these ideas and scrutinize Comte’s contributions, thus setting the stage for a critical exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of positivism as a guiding philosophy for understanding human society and science. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Positivism Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857 B Text Philosophy Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 355545 355546 2024-10-07T12:37:17.664116 2023-09-08T03:37:55.121634 text/html text/html 353398 2020-12-12T16:54:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 126304 2020-12-12T16:54:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 210065 2024-10-07T12:37:25.308045 application/epub+zip 212917 2024-10-07T12:37:21.236090 application/epub+zip 196889 2024-10-07T12:37:19.890076 application/epub+zip 390537 2024-10-07T12:37:28.602059 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376858 2024-10-07T12:37:24.450070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339805 2022-09-08T07:50:08.378787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341969 341961 2024-10-07T12:37:17.249102 2023-09-08T03:37:54.828625 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 341608 2020-12-12T16:54:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 123303 2020-12-12T16:54:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 341602 2020-12-12T16:54:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 123070 2020-12-12T16:54:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21986 2024-10-07T12:37:28.730014 application/rdf+xml 14424 2024-10-07T12:37:20.441064 image/jpeg 3335 2024-10-07T12:37:20.161058 image/jpeg 207326 2024-10-07T12:37:17.696073 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia