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The Reception of Positivism in Whewell, Mill and Brentano
Dewalque, Arnaud
2022In Tanasescu, Ion; Bejinariu, Alexandru; Krantz Gabriel, Susan et al. (Eds.) Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill
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Keywords :
Franz Brentano (1838-1917); Empiricism; Induction; History of Philosophy; Epistemology; Positivism; William Whewell (1794-1866); John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Abstract :
[en] This article compares and contrasts the reception of Comte’s positivism in the works of William Whewell, John Stuart Mill and (to a lesser extent) Franz Brentano. It is argued that Whewell’s rejection of positivism derives from his endorsement of (what I shall call) a constructivist account of the inductive sciences, while Mill and Brentano’s sympathies for positivism are connected to their endorsement of an empiricist account. The mandate of the article is to spell out the chief differences between these two rival accounts. In the last, conclusive section, Whewell’s anti-positivist argument is briefly assessed and rebutted.
Research center :
Phénoménologies - ULiège
Traverses - ULiège
Disciplines :
Philosophy & ethics
Author, co-author :
Dewalque, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de philosophie > Phénoménologies
Language :
English
Title :
The Reception of Positivism in Whewell, Mill and Brentano
Publication date :
22 August 2022
Main work title :
Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill
Author, co-author :
Krantz Gabriel, Susan
Stoenescu, Constantin
Editor :
Tanasescu, Ion
Bejinariu, Alexandru
Publisher :
De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany
Collection name :
Phenomenology and Mind, 20
Pages :
245-263
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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