Considering the first theoretical current of thought, which derived from the belief in the absolute and exclusive power of human reason to know rea...

Considering the first theoretical current of thought, which derived from the belief in the absolute and exclusive power of human reason to know reality and translate it into the form of laws, analyze the following statements: I. Positivist thought recognized that the laws of the world and the social world differed from each other in terms of their nature, but assumed that philosophical and metaphysical laws applied indiscriminately to natural phenomena and social issues. II. Positivist thought pointed to social laws as the basis for regulating life, nature as a whole, and even life itself. III. Positivist thought was inspired by the method of investigation of the natural sciences and postulated that the same relationships and principles used by natural scientists to explain life should be used in social relations. Only the statement in III is correct. Answer: a.

I. Positivist thought recognized that the laws of the world and the social world differed from each other in terms of their nature, but assumed that philosophical and metaphysical laws applied indiscriminately to natural phenomena and social issues.
II. Positivist thought pointed to social laws as the basis for regulating life, nature as a whole, and even life itself.
III. Positivist thought was inspired by the method of investigation of the natural sciences and postulated that the same relationships and principles used by natural scientists to explain life should be used in social relations.
a) Only the statement in III is correct.
b) Only the statements in I and II are correct.
c) Only the statements in II and III are correct.
d) All statements are correct.
e) None of the statements are correct.