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The positive philosophy by William Whewell: Between inductivism and apriorism
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 ...
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Whewell\'s Wager: The Continuing Dialogue of Metaphysics and Physics in Science [PDF]
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.
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"I would sooner die than give up": Huxley and Darwin's deep disagreement. [PDF]
Winsor MP.
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The fate of William Whewell’s four palætiological domains : a comparative study [PDF]
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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It Is Time to Balance the Risks With Notions of Good. [PDF]
Stannard D.
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The Whewell-Mill debate on predictions, from Mill's point of view
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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Natural selection according to Darwin: cause or effect? [PDF]
Bradley B.
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A "Mean Quarrelsome Spirit:" Controversy in British Systematics, 1822-1836. [PDF]
Mursinna JT.
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Rev. Dr. William Whewell, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, England
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]
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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