Essay - Spencer How Would Comte Explain the Relation of Religion and...

Spencer

***** would Comte explain the relation of religion and science in modern society? Can his law of 3 stages be exp*****ed to account for t*****? In wha***** ways? If ***** were alive today to add a fourth stage to his theory, what do you think the stage would be and why?

Comte's ********** that individuals seek theological, metaphysical, and finally abstract explanations ***** under stand the world, as noted in Ritzer's Sociological Theory, from which they finally extrapolate an ***** or metaphysical conception of the w*****ld, might be viewed not only as a particular sociological *****ory, but also a p*****rticular product of a particular society. Comte wrote in a world where religion, specifically the Christi***** religion formed the core of human under*****ing of the ***** animal's purpose in the world. But what occurs when the human animal is viewed, indeed, as ***** that, as an *****, rather th***** located in a ***** fr*****mework?

If Comte were to view modern *****, and ***** acknowledge the presence ***** religion ***** science in ***** society, the philosopher would have to readjust his tri-part structure of ***** human mind. Ironically, the last part of ***** theoretical ***** of thought ***** suit the scientific world quite well. The stress upon finding positive data with the senses ***** validate one's thoughts, and then to finally create an abstract principle from this data, fits the scientific, experimental method ***** well in terms of its structuring of setting a hypothesis for an experiment, collecting data, and arriving at a gener*****l ***** form those specifics. ***** although ***** might not need to question his three-part structure, he would have to grapple ***** a world that no longer seeks to understand itself first and foremost in theological terms. Even individuals whom might characterize themselves as religious must justify t***** s*****ress ***** religion in a scientific world, given the current popularity of secular ********** in post-***** society. A stress upon religion upon the parts of all individuals can*****t simply be assumed. Furthermore, the metaphysical element that derives from the ***** explanation ***** also have to be questioned in a multi-ethnic and pluralistically religious, as not all religions seek the metaphysical plane ***** the next level of understanding—Buddhism, for instance, retains an emphasis on the concrete as a level of understanding. Thus, if Comte were alive *****, he would ***** faced with ***** quandary of a theory ***** the mind with a functioning third *****, no need for a new fourth st*****ge, ***** ***** ***** to re-create his second and first stage of human