Project Gutenberg 2016-03-25 Public domain in the USA. 102 Whewell, William 1794 1866 Whewell, W. (William) 10021244 On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical Produced by Sonya Schermann, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical" by William Whewell is a philosophical text written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the development of knowledge and the principles governing scientific discovery, providing an analysis of historical perspectives on how humanity has achieved its most reliable forms of knowledge. The author aims to outline both the historical journey of scientific thought and offer critical reflections on the nature of discovery itself. The beginning of the text introduces Whewell’s exploration of the foundations of scientific knowledge, discussing previous works on the inductive sciences and laying out his objective to elucidate the philosophy of discovery rather than merely focusing on traditional inductive reasoning. He emphasizes the significance of historical opinions and ideas from philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, detailing their contributions and shortcomings regarding the methods of acquiring knowledge. Whewell sets the stage for a critical examination by asserting that understanding the historical progression of scientific thought is crucial for grasping contemporary philosophy and the practice of science itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science -- History Science -- Philosophy Philosophy -- History B Q Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Science - General 1358979 1358980 2024-09-21T13:05:07.163206 2023-09-22T10:02:31.089708 text/html text/html 1356378 2016-03-25T15:32:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 578614 2016-03-25T15:32:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 654277 2024-09-21T13:05:26.554127 application/epub+zip 658191 2024-09-21T13:05:10.207237 application/epub+zip 586319 2024-09-21T13:05:08.786141 application/epub+zip 997023 2024-09-21T13:05:42.214915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909358 2024-09-21T13:05:24.282044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 838075 2022-09-23T13:18:00.400990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1187272 1187186 2024-09-21T13:05:04.413126 2023-09-22T10:02:28.536653 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1187283 2016-03-25T15:32:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 415297 2016-03-25T15:32:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19241 2024-09-21T13:05:42.712950 application/rdf+xml 22740 2024-09-21T13:05:08.987158 image/jpeg 2832 2024-09-21T13:05:08.896085 image/jpeg 576232 2024-09-21T13:05:07.273171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia