On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical"On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical" by William Whewell were intended to present to the reader a view of the steps by which those portions of human knowledge which are held to be most certain and stable have been acquired. Each of these steps was a scientific Discovery in which a new conception was applied in order to bind together observed facts. This book discusses the philosophy of making discoveries and how they become salient parts of life. |
Contents
Mr Mills Logic | |
Political Economy as an Inductive Science | |
Modern German Philosophy | |
The Fundamental Antithesis as it exists in the Moral World | |
Of the Philosophy of the Infinite | |
Sir William Hamilton on Inertia and Weight | |
Influence of German Systems of Philosophy in Britain | |
Necessary Truth is progressive Objections considered | |
Arabian Philosophers | |
The Schoolmen of the Middle Ages | |
The Innovators of the Middle Ages | |
The Innovators of the Middle Agescontinued | |
The Revival of Platonism | |
The Theoretical Reformers of Science | |
The Practical Reformers of Science | |
Francis Bacon | |
Additional Remarks on Francis Bacon | |
From Bacon to Newton | |
Newton | |
Locke and his French Followers | |
The Reaction against the Sensational School | |
Further Advance of the Sensational School M Auguste Comte | |
Mans Knowledge of | |
APPENDIX | |
Appendix B ON PLATOS SURVEY OF THE SCIENCES | |
Appendix BB ON PLATOS NOTION OF DIALECTIC | |
OF THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS ACCORDING TO PLATO | |
CRITICISM OF ARISTOTLES ACCOUNT OF INDUCTION | |
Appendix E ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ANTITHESIS OF PHILOSOPHY | |
Appendix F REMARKS ON A REVIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF | |
Appendix G OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF HYPOTHESES IN | |
Appendix H ON HEGELS CRITICISM OF NEWTONS PRINCIPIA | |
APPENDIX TO THE MEMOIR ON HEGELS CRITICISM OF NEWTONS | |
Appendix K DEMONSTRATION THAT ALL MATTER IS HEAVY | |
WORKS BY WILLIAM WHEWELL D D F R S MASTER OF TRINITY | |
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