Theory of Scientific Method (Second Edition)

This volume includes Whewell’s seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill’s theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. The book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science whose influence has never been greater: every one of Whewell’s fundamental ideas about the philosophy of science is presented here.

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William Whewell
Edited, with Introduction, by Robert E. Butts

1989 - 370 pp.

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This volume includes Whewell’s seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill’s theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. The book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science whose influence has never been greater: every one of Whewell’s fundamental ideas about the philosophy of science is presented here.