The positivist approach in social science emerged as a systematic attempt to apply the methods of natural sciences to the study of society, emphasizing observation, empirical evidence, objectivity, and the search for general laws governing social phenomena. Two foundational figures in the development of this approach are Auguste Comte and Émile Durkheim, whose contributions collectively shaped the methodological and philosophical basis of positivism in sociology. Auguste Comte is widely regarded as the father of positivism and sociology. His primary contribution lies in formulating the idea that social phenomena should be studied using the same scientific principles that govern the natural sciences. Comte proposed the “Law of Three Stages,” which explains the evolution of human thought from the theological stage, through the metaphysical stage, to the positivist stage. In the positivist stage, knowledge is based on empirical observation, experimentation, and comparison rather than speculation or religious belief. This framework laid the philosophical foundation for a scientific approach to studying society. Comte emphasized that sociology should aim to discover invariant laws of social phenomena, much like physics or biology. He divided sociology into two branches: social statics and social dynamics. Social statics focuses on the study of social order and the interrelationships between institutions, while social dynamics examines social progress and development over time. This distinction contributed to the systematic study of both stability