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5 - Positivism & Hermeneutics (Comte (1798-1857) (The Church of…
5 - Positivism & Hermeneutics
Dilthey (1833-1911)
The human world is
mental
and
historical
which is why positivism is wrong because humans cannot be studied that way
Subjects, not objects
Comte (1798-1857)
Universal science is possible!
The Hierarchy of the sciences, sociology ranging the most complex
The Church of Humanity
Altruism, order and progress
Comte's positivism
Natural sciences promise control over the world
If we understand the causes and the laws that govern them, we can predict the future
Induciton (observation) and deduction (theories)
Not
why
phenomena arise, but
how
From general to specific
Uses methods of natural sciences to map out large crowds of people
Dilthey and Heurmeneutics
The art of interpretation
Verstehen
Emphatic understanding of human behaviour
Learning details and context of a person can help understanding him but will make it more difficult to generalize