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The positive philosophy by William Whewell: Between inductivism and apriorism

open access: yes, 2018
One can notice a certain deficiency of conceptual resources in contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science. The popularity of post-positivist philosophy is dropping; and the postmodern studies have difficulty adapting to the analysis of ...
Kasavin, Ilya T.   +1 more
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Whewell\'s Wager: The Continuing Dialogue of Metaphysics and Physics in Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In his library at Trinity College, Cambridge University, around the year I860, William Whewell (1794-1866) engages in conversation with a company of thinkers on the province of metaphysics and physics, to form a comprehensive scientific belief.
Cassidy, O.P., Joseph D.   +1 more
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The fate of William Whewell’s four palætiological domains : a comparative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In 1847, the British polymath William Whewell pointed out that the sciences for which he, in 1837, had coined the term “palætiological” have much in common and that they may reflect light upon each other by being treated together.
Tanghe, Koen
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The Whewell-Mill debate on predictions, from Mill's point of view

open access: yes, 2018
Menke C. The Whewell-Mill debate on predictions, from Mill's point of view. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 2018;69:60-71.John Stuart Mill, in his debate with William Whewell on the nature and logic of induction, is regarded as being
Menke, Cornelis, Cornelis Menke
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Rev. Dr. William Whewell, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, England

open access: yes
Rev. Dr. William Whewell, late master of Trinity College, Cambridge, ca. 1867, col. Backprint reads: Photographers & frame makers, St. Mary\u27s Passage, Cambridge Whewell was a scientist, philosopher and Anglican priesthttps://mds.marshall.edu ...

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A Modern Natural Theology? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The author examines two different traditions of nineteenth-century natural theology and their reappearance in a modern work. Michael Denton\'s Nature\'s Destiny is used as an example of modern natural theology, showing how current writers attempt to ...
Stanley, Matthew
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