Open AccessFrom social physics to sociology
Author(s) -
Zoran Milošević
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn0722221m
Subject(s) - statistician , term (time) , sociology , epistemology , social science , physics , philosophy , mathematics , quantum mechanics , statistics
In 1835, Auguste Comte pointed out to the fact of ′usurpation′ of his term ′social physics′ by the Belgian mathematician and statistician A. Quetelet. Quetelet used the term ′social physics′ in the title of his book: On Man and the Development of his Abilities or An Experiment in the Research of Social Physics. Therefore, Comte coined a new term ′sociology′. In the 4th volume of his famous work Course, in the chapter ′Dogmatic Part of Social Physics′ more precisely in the 47th lesson, under the title: ′A Short Evaluation of the Basic Philosophical Attempts in the Creation of Social Science′ written in March 1839, Comte used the word sociologie for the first time