COMTE AND POSITIVISM

Authors

  • Alexander Antonovski Institute of Philosophy RAS

Keywords:

WHEWELL, COMTE, MILL, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

The article is the last philosophical essay by William Whewell published after his death in 1866. Here the philosopher and historian of science criticizes the most popular explanatory theory of scientific and disciplinary development of his time proposed by Auguste Comte. He also critically investigates the influence of Comte’s ideas on the ideas of John Stewart Mill, his main opponent, providing counter-examples from the history of science.

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Published

2018-12-18

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 4 (2017): Epistemology & Philosophy of Science

Section

Archive

How to Cite

[1]
2018. COMTE AND POSITIVISM. Epistemology & Philosophy of Science. 54, 4 (Dec. 2018), 209–224.