How to interpret Auguste Comte?

This collective volume, the outcome of a conference of the International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), is a timely and ambitious book on Auguste Comte. Presented as an “in-depth overview of the entirety of Comte’s thought” (p. xi), it simultaneously aspires to being the...

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Autor principal: Heilbron, Johan
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines 2019
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:This collective volume, the outcome of a conference of the International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), is a timely and ambitious book on Auguste Comte. Presented as an “in-depth overview of the entirety of Comte’s thought” (p. xi), it simultaneously aspires to being the “most comprehensive English-language overview” as it is stated on the cover. The editors give two reasons for their enterprise. The “political turn” in the philosophy of science would make Comte h...