A General View of Positivism

A General View of Positivism is a work by the French philosopher Auguste Comte, first published in 1848. In this text, Comte presents and elaborates on his philosophy of positivism, a school of thought he developed, which emphasizes the importance of observable facts and scientific knowledge while rejecting metaphysical or theological explanations of the world. Comte is often regarded as one of the founders of sociology, and A General View of Positivism is one of the key texts in which he outlines his ideas on how society and human knowledge should be approached scientifically.