Auguste Comte Flashcards
Auguste Comte
When was he Born?
Day, Month, Year
Jan 19th, 1798
Who developed the view of positive philosophy
Also known as posivitism
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He coined the term Sociology in the year? which he previously called ?
1839, Social Physics
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According to him sociology was primarily concerned with?
two things
Social Statics and Social dynamics
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Became the secetary to Henri saint simon in the year?
1817
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He had a falling out with Saint simon in the year? and what was the reason behind it?
1824, omittion of comte’s name from a publication
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what was the name of his wife and what was the duration of their marriage
Caroline Massin (1825 - 1842)
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What is regared as the conerstone of his apporach?
The evolutionary theory
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In what year did comte plan to present a series of public lectures and how may was it supposed to be in total?
1826, 72
stopped at 3
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What year did he try to commit sucide?
1827
by throwing himself into selme river
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What his best known work and when was it first published
Cours de philosphie positive
(a course on positive philosophy), 1830
republished in 1842
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Systeme de politique positive was first published in the year? and when did the other 3 volumes come out?
Making it a total of 4 volumes
1851, 1852,1853,1854
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In what year did He embark on _Cerebral Hygine”
1838
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When did he die?
day, month, year
Sep 5th, 1857
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He started teaching Course of positive philosophy in what year and how volume did it have.
state the years of publication of all volumes
Started teaching in in 1829
6 Volumes (1830, 1835, 1838, 1839, 1841, 1842)
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What is the title of his final work and when was it published
la synthese subjective (The subjective synthesis), published in 1854
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What were the following works published?
* Elementary Treatise on Analytic Geometry
* The Discourse of positive spirit
* The General view of positivisim
1843, 1844, 1844
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According to him evolution of the human mind is parraled to the ?
evolution of the individual mind
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Another name for the theological stage of Auguste Comte is ?
in the Law of Three stages
fictitious stage
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The theological stage can be subdivided into 3 stategs namely?
in the law of 3 stages
- Fetistim
- polytheism
- Monotheism
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He identified 3 stages of social organisation in relation to the law of 3 stages. name and identify the relationship
- theological -> Military
- Metaphysical -> political system
- positive -> industrial
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Hes’ second best known theory is the?
Hierachy of Science
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Outline the sciences according to auguste comte hierachy of sciences
- Mathmatics
- Astronomy
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Sociology
from top to bottom Growing in complexity
reducing in generality and complexity of instruments
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According to him what is the simplest science and first to reach the positive stage and what is the most complex?
Mathimatics, sociology
