The Legacy of Positivism

Singer, Michael

This book gives a unique historical and interpretive analysis of a widely pervasive mode of thought that it describes as the legacy of positivism. Viewing Auguste Comte as a pivotal figure, it charts the historical origins of his positivism and follows its later development through John Stuart Mill and Émile Littré. It shows how epistemological shifts in positivism influenced parallel developments in the human and legal sciences, and thereby treats legal positivism and positivism as it is understood in the human sciences within a common framework.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-09-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403994028

DOI: 10.1057/9780230288522

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 193