Book ID: CBB000040024

William Whewell: Philosopher of science (1991)

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Fisch, Menachem (Author)


Clarendon Press


Publication Date: 1991
Physical Details: xiv + 220 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Belsey, A. (1993) Review of "William Whewell: Philosopher of science". British Journal for the History of Philosophy (pp. 165-67). unapi

Review Hatfield, G. (1993) Review of "William Whewell: Philosopher of science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 811). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Quinn, Aleta
Achinstein, Peter
Ashworth, William J.
Brooke-Smith, James
Charpa, Ulrich
Cowles, Henry M.
Journals
HOPOS
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology
Publishers
Routledge
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Science and religion
Methodology of science; scientific method
Natural selection
Mineralogy
Induction
People
Whewell, William
Darwin, Charles Robert
De Morgan, Augustus
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Comte, Auguste
Delboeuf, Joseph
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
Great Britain
England
British Isles
China
France
Germany
Institutions
Cambridge University
Trinity College Dublin
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