Theory of Scientific MethodHackett Publishing, 1989 M01 1 - 358 páginas This volume includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. The book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science whose influence has never been greater: every one of Whewell's fundamental ideas about the philosophy of science is presented here. |
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Preface vii | 3 |
Whewells Early Theory of Induction | 31 |
The A Priori and the Empirical in Science | 77 |
Induction and Scientific Method | 101 |
Of the Transformation of Hypotheses in | 249 |
Whewells Reply to Mill | 263 |
Whewell on Other Theories | 309 |
Newton | 322 |
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