NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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Comte
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Durkheim
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Spencer
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Marx
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Detailed explanation-1: -Auguste Comte, in full Isidore-Auguste-Marie-François-Xavier Comte, (born January 19, 1798, Montpellier, France-died September 5, 1857, Paris), French philosopher known as the founder of sociology and of positivism. Comte gave the science of sociology its name and established the new subject in a systematic fashion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Auguste Comte is considered the father of sociology because he was among the first to apply the scientific method to the study of society. This makes him one of the founders, instead of other people who either did not apply the scientific method, or only worked after Comte.
Detailed explanation-3: -AUGUSTE COMTE and Karl Marx are generally regarded as the first consensus and conflict theorists, respectively, in sociology. The present chapter reviews their theories in the context of the historical traditions from which they sprang.