Comtism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comtism \Com"tism\ (? or ?), n. [Named after the French
     philosopher, Auguste Comte.]
     Positivism; the positive philosophy. See {Positivism}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Comtism
       n : Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and
           theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences
           from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top