Brian, Eric (Author)
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Volume: 2, no. 1b
Issue: 1b
Edition Details: http://www.jehps.net/Novembre2006/Brian3.pdf (Accessed on November 18, 2010). Part of a special issue, “Bernoulli's Art of Conjecture”
Language: French
Asimilargenerallaw,knownasthethreestates,representedComte'scharacterizationoftheformationofeachscience.Placedagainstthebackgroundoftheacademictensionsofthe1820s,andseenthroughtheprismofhisanti-probabilisticconvictions,manyinfluencesandelementsfrompreviousstudiesoftheregularityofexcessmalebirthscanbeeasilyrecognizedineachofhisthreestates.ThesuccessofComte'spositivephilosophyprobablyderivedfromthisphilosophicalmove,whichconsisted--inthemostradicalway,andwithoutanyrealregardtoanEnlightenmenttheoryofknowledge--ofproclaimingtheexpiryofthedebatesofthepreviouscenturyandthefutilityofthescientificorthodoxyofthetime,consignedtoanintermediatestatebetweenthepastandasupposedlynewscientificspirit.
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