Therefore, his historical task is to establish empirical sociology, thus ending the turbulent and chaotic situation in Europe and establishing a stable social order. In Comte's view, to establish a stable social order, there must be a * * * belief, and this * * * belief is empirical sociology.
He is particularly conceited about his social theory. For the first time, he regarded human history as a whole society, and he discovered the laws of society just like the laws of other fields.
Comte said that his first discovery of social laws was self-expansion, but he was the first person to establish sociology according to empirical principles. The word sociology was first put forward and used by him, which made him the founder of sociology.
Extended data:
First, the research methods of empirical sociology
1, observation method:
Observation can be divided into direct observation and indirect observation. Direct observation refers to the observer's direct contact with the social phenomenon that is taking place, while indirect observation refers to obtaining information about social history and cultural relics by analyzing customs, etiquette and language left over from history.
2. Experimental methods:
Using the special state of social development to carry out experiments, when the normal process of society is disturbed in some ways, the role of experiments appears, which gives us the opportunity to discover the normal social laws.
3. Comparative method:
Only through comparison can sociologists simplify the data collected by observation and experiment and find the normal law.
4. Historical laws:
The historical method is to examine the sequence and continuity of social development, arrange different social phenomena according to their development order, sort out historical factors and realistic factors, reveal their ups and downs, and thus grasp the laws of social development.
Second, historical contribution.
Comte initiated the tradition of sociological positivism, and some of his ideas were inherited and developed from different aspects by Durkheim and others, and became the mainstream in the development of western sociology for more than 100 years. Due to academic and historical limitations, there are many unrealistic elements in his thoughts.
However, his ideal of empirical science has inspired future generations to strive to turn sociology into a science, making this relatively late discipline an indispensable part of the contemporary social science knowledge system. It is precisely because of this that people regard him as the founder and founder of sociology, or think that he is the name of sociology.
He is the author of the Course of Positive Philosophy (1830- 1842), Introduction to Positivism (1848) and Positive Political System (1851-1.
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