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What is taught in sociology?
Sociology is the study of the collective behavior, development, structure and functioning of social institutions and organized groups. Courses in this discipline offer useful skills in topics such as group behavior, cross-cultural relations and ethical issues.
What is the main contribution of Auguste Comte to sociology?
He defined sociology as a positive science. Positivism is the search for invariant laws of the natural and social world.“

Question: What is the role of positivism in it
Self-contained rewrite: What is the role of positivism in sociology?