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Comtism

Comtism

9.9
A philosophy that says science should replace religion and ideas that cannot be tested, putting social science above other sciences
  • noun
  • /kɒmˈtɪzəm/
  • Formal
: comtismo
  • The rejection of metaphysics in favor of scientific inquiry characterizes Comtism.

Examples

  • Many sociologists have studied the influence of Comtism on the development of modern social sciences.

  • Auguste Comte's Comtism laid the groundwork for later positivist thought.

  • The philosophy of Comtism emphasizes empirical evidence.

  • Many scholars debate the relevance of Comtism today.

  • Auguste Comte's Comtism emphasizes that sociology should be regarded as the highest science in a hierarchy of disciplines.

  • The principles of Comtism advocate for the dominance of empirical research over speculative philosophy.

  • In studying Comtism, students learn how Auguste Comte proposed a systematic approach to understanding social phenomena.

Synonyms

positivism
vsComtism
  • Formal
2 9.9

The idea that real knowledge comes only from what we can see or test

emphasizes replacing metaphysics with a ranked sciences hierarchy placing sociology at the top

Surface Forms

Comtism singular
Comtisms plural

Morphology

Comtism = Comte (transparent) = Comt + ism

Standard formation naming a doctrine after a person's name with '-ism' yields the predictable meaning 'the doctrines or school of Comte'.

Etymology

The word Comtism comes from the name Comte, a French thinker from the 1800s, and the ending -ism, which means 'belief' or 'system'. So Comtism is the system of ideas Comte taught: a belief that science should replace religion and other non-scientific ideas, and that the study of society belongs at the top of the sciences.