Love, order, & progress : the science, philosophy, & politics of Auguste Comte /
Love, order, & progress : the science, philosophy, & politics of Auguste Comte /
Science, philosophy, and politics of Auguste Comte Love, order, and progress
edited by Michel Bourdeau, Mary Pickering and Warren Schmaus.
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 402 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Comte's general philosophy of science / The analytical construction of a positive science in Auguste Comte / Astronomical science and its significance for humankind / Auguste Comte's positive biology / Comte and social science / Comte's political philosophy / Art, affective life, and the role of gender in Auguste Comte's philosophy and politics / The religion of humanity and positive morality / The legacy of Auguste Comte / Warren Schmaus -- Michel Blay -- Anastasios Brenner -- Laurent Clauzade -- Vincent Guillin -- Michel Bourdeau -- Jean Elisabeth Pedersen -- Andrew Wernick -- Mary Pickering.
Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism was both a philosophy of science and a political philosophy designed to organize a new, secular, stable society based on positive or scientific, ideas, rather than the theological dogmas and metaphysical speculations associated with the ancien regime. This volume offers the most comprehensive English-language overview of Auguste Comte's philosophy, the relation of his work to the sciences of his day, and the extensive, continuing impact of his thinking on philosophy and especially secular political movements in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contributors consider Comte's reasons for establishing a Religion of Humanity as well as his views on domestic life and the arts in his positivist utopia. The volume further details Comte's attempt to apply his "positive method," first to social science and then to politics and morality, thereby defending the continuity of his career while also critically examining the limits of his approach.
9780822983415
Philosophy-Ancient
Science--Philosophy.
Positivism.
Electronic Books.
B2248 / .L684 2018
Includes bibliographies and index.
Comte's general philosophy of science / The analytical construction of a positive science in Auguste Comte / Astronomical science and its significance for humankind / Auguste Comte's positive biology / Comte and social science / Comte's political philosophy / Art, affective life, and the role of gender in Auguste Comte's philosophy and politics / The religion of humanity and positive morality / The legacy of Auguste Comte / Warren Schmaus -- Michel Blay -- Anastasios Brenner -- Laurent Clauzade -- Vincent Guillin -- Michel Bourdeau -- Jean Elisabeth Pedersen -- Andrew Wernick -- Mary Pickering.
Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism was both a philosophy of science and a political philosophy designed to organize a new, secular, stable society based on positive or scientific, ideas, rather than the theological dogmas and metaphysical speculations associated with the ancien regime. This volume offers the most comprehensive English-language overview of Auguste Comte's philosophy, the relation of his work to the sciences of his day, and the extensive, continuing impact of his thinking on philosophy and especially secular political movements in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contributors consider Comte's reasons for establishing a Religion of Humanity as well as his views on domestic life and the arts in his positivist utopia. The volume further details Comte's attempt to apply his "positive method," first to social science and then to politics and morality, thereby defending the continuity of his career while also critically examining the limits of his approach.
9780822983415
Philosophy-Ancient
Science--Philosophy.
Positivism.
Electronic Books.
B2248 / .L684 2018