Auguste Comte's Theory

There are numerous sociologist that had made a tremendous contribution towards the society and helped us understand more about the present society. Everything in the world has a starting point and the word “sociology” and “positivism” was dawn upon Auguste Comte. He is known as the father of sociology, where he aimed to create a naturalistic of society, which would explain the past development of the human race and predict its future course. Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim, both shared the similar beliefs. They both believed that the society should be described and analysed in terms of functions. The society is a system of interrelated parts where no one part could function without another. If one part changes, then it would have an impact
The difference between Comte’s and Durkheim’s theory is that Comte focused more on human beliefs, such as one of his most important contribution is positivism. He offered an account of three stages: theological stage, metaphysical stage and the final stage would be scientific
At this stage he used different stages to define the development of the global society. According to his theory, we are now living at the scientific stage. During this stage, it is based on facts that were gather through observation and experience. In addition, people started to view the world and event as explained by scientific principles. This is true because back in the olden days, people in different countries had a different explanation of the cause of an earthquake. In Greece, people blamed earthquake on angry gods. According to Greek mythology, Poseidon was the cause and god of earthquakes. It is said that when Poseidon is in a bad mood he struck the ground with a trident, causing earthquakes and other calamities (Howell, 2013). But in the scientific stage, people explained that earthquakes are caused when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another and the movement is called a fault plane (Wald, 2012). These two examples can prove the fact the people’s knowledge had changed over time by using a different perspective to explain the same social situation. Another theory that still holds true today is Positivism. Positivism is the term used to describe an approach to the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence, such as experiments and statistics, to reveal a true nature of how society operates. The society that we all live in today, relies of