The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History: 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy) - Softcover

Whewell, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108064027 ISBN 13: 9781108064026

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014

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First published in 1840, this two-volume treatise by the Cambridge polymath William Whewell (1794–1886) rigorously explores the philosophy of the physical sciences. The work was intended as the counterpart to his three-volume History of the Inductive Sciences (1837), which is also reissued in this series.

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First published in 1840, this two-volume treatise by Cambridge polymath William Whewell (1794–1886) remains significant in the philosophy of science. The work was intended as the 'moral' to his three-volume History of the Inductive Sciences (1837), which is also reissued in this series. Building on philosophical foundations laid by Immanuel Kant and Francis Bacon, Whewell opens with the aphorism 'Man is the Interpreter of Nature, Science the right interpretation'. Volume 1 contains the majority of Whewell's section on 'ideas', in which he investigates the philosophy underlying a range of different disciplines, including pure, classificatory and mechanical sciences. Whewell's work upholds throughout his belief that the mind was active and not merely a passive receiver of knowledge from the world. A key text in Victorian epistemological debates, notably challenged by John Stuart Mill and his System of Logic, Whewell's treatise merits continued study and discussion in the present day.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108064027
• ISBN 13: 9781108064026
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 648