The Theory of Positivism Contrasted Earlier Religious Traditions That Attempted

The theory of positivism contrasted earlier religious traditions that attempted to determine the ultimate cause or source of reality. Why did Auguste Comte develop it?

A) to explain how class conflict led to social change
B) to argue that symbolic interactions between individuals were the basis for social life
C) to justify a particular kind of social system based on hierarchy and privilege
D) to identify laws, such as those in mathematics and physics, that describe the behavior of a particular reality