What Was Auguste Comte's Positivism Based On

question 118

Multiple Choice

What was Auguste Comte's positivism based on?

• A) the application of scientific knowledge to both physical and social phenomenon
• B) using commonsense knowledge to predict likely events
• C) the belief that subjective,value-based knowledge was attainable only through religion
• D) supernatural laws

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Definitions:

Economic Gains

Increases in wealth, value, or the accumulation of resources beyond the original investment or cost.

Communism

A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless society in which property and the means of production are communally owned.