Positivism
Emergence of Sociology
• Auguste Comte followed Saint-Simon, and developed his scientific view as “Positivism” or
“positive philosophy.”
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• The time was right after the French Revolution (1789) and Enlightenment. So many things
in the world were uncertain and disorder. Comte did not like the situation.
(cf.) Method of Natural Science
Q. If you want to know which falls faster, apple or iron ball, what do you do? How is that