Littré and the new paths of positivism

Abstract

This article seeks to analyse the reworkings of positivisme, after Comte’s death, carried out by Émile Littré (1801-1881), as well as the paths that the doctrine followed from there. It is based on the whole of the French thinker’s work, as well as the main critics of his thought, both those of his time and contemporaries. The so-called historical-critical method is employed, which essentially seeks to integrate the set of the author’s work with the historical totality that surrounds it and gives it meaning.