Comte after positivism / Robert C. Scharff.
Comte after positivism / Robert C. Scharff.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N194/114
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English
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xvi, 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Comte for a Post-Positivist World -- 1. Mill versus Comte on Interior Observation -- 2. Mill versus Comte as Positivist Philosophers of Science --3. Comte's Three-Stage Law -- 4. Comte's Ambiguous Legacy: Science Defended or Already Justified? -- 5. Cartesian Ahistoricism and Later Epi...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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England
Date Published
1995.
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This book provides the only detailed, systematic philosophical reconsideration of the neglected nineteenth-century positivist Auguste Comte currently available. Apart from offering an accurate account of what Comte actually wrote, the book argues for the provocative thesis that Comte's positivism actually has greater contemporary relevance now that...
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Comte after positivism / Robert C. Scharff.
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Modern European philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-221) and index.
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N194/114
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0521474884 (hardback)
9780521474887 (hardback)
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194
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