01362nam a2200205Ia 4500 CTU_174100 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 105 146.4 S311 Scharff, Robert C. Comte after positivism Robert C. Scharff Cambridge,New York Cambridge University Press 1995 This book provides a detailed, systematic reconsideration of the neglected nineteenth-century positivist Auguste Comte. Apart from offering an accurate account of what Comte actually wrote, the book argues that Comte's positivism has never had greater contemporary relevance than now. The aim of the first part of the book is to rescue Comte from the influential misinterpretation of his work by John Stuart Mill. The second part argues that this deep historically-minded concern with the tradition of philosophy for current philosophical practice places Comte in the same camp as such well-known post-positivists as Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, and Hilary Putnam. Professor Scharff concludes that, even though he was the first positivist, Comte is also the only positivist who retains his relevance today. Positivism,Chủ nghĩa thực chứng Năm Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ