Love, order, & progress : the science, philosophy, & politics of Auguste Comte / edited by Michel Bourdeau, Mary Pickering & Warren Schmaus.
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...
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Table of Contents:
- I. Comte's philosophy of science
- Comte's general philosophy of science / Warren Schmaus
- The analytical construction of a positive science in Auguste Comte / Michel Blay
- Astronomical science and its significance for humankind / Anastasios Brenner
- Auguste Comte's positive biology / Laurent Clauzade
- Comte and social science / Vincent Guillin
- II. Comte's social and political thought
- Comte's political philosophy / Michel Bourdeau
- Art, affective life, and the role of gender in Auguste Comte's philosophy and politics / Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
- The religion of humanity and positive morality / Andrew Wernick
- Conclusion : The legacy of Auguste Comte / Mary Pickering.