The Worlds of Positivism A Global Intellectual History, 1770-1930 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Feichtinger, Johannes (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fillafer, Franz L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Surman, Jan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: World history.; Intellectual life-History.; History.; Philosophy.; Europe-History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Intellectual Studies.; History of Science.; History of Philosophy.; European History.

This book is the first to trace the origins and significance of positivism on a global scale. Taking their cues from Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill, positivists pioneered a universal, experience-based culture of scientific inquiry for studying nature and society-a new science that would enlighte...