RESPECTFULLY, how much does Comte’s Hierarchy of Sciences disagree with Popper’s Critical Rationalism? Elaborations welcome.

Comte’s Hierarchy of Sciences completely disagrees with Popper’s Critical Rationalism. Comte, knowing or not, preferred sciences to be less falsifiable. Popper correctly identified that scientific statements can never be proven but, can be debunked. Thus, the higher a science gets on Comte’s Hierarchy of Sciences, the closer it gets to survival heuristic design, instead of, falsifiable science. Perhaps a science gets more falsifiable the less complex it becomes.

Sources:

Barnes, Harry Elmer and Fletcher, Ronald. "Auguste Comte". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Comte. Accessed 3 April 2024.

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Karl Popper". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Popper. Accessed 3 April 2024.

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