Positivism was founded by the French philosopher Auguste Comte in the mid-19th century. Comte developed the idea of positivism as a way of understanding society and human behavior through scientific inquiry, with an emphasis on observable facts and empirical evidence. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, positivism gained popularity in particular fields such as history, sociology, and psychology as scholars sought to apply scientific methods to the study of these subjects.
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