William Whewell – författare & böcker

Of the Plurality of Worlds

A facsimile of the first edition of 1853; plus previously unpublished material excised by the author just before the book went to press; and Whewell's dialogue rebutting his critics, reprinted from th

AvWilliam Whewell,Michael Ruse

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Is there intelligent life on other worlds? William Whewell, one of the most influential British intellectuals of the nineteenth century, weighed in on this question with Of the Plurality of Worlds. Writing anonymously, Whewell argued that there was no life anywhere else in the universe. Admitting such a possibility, he feared, would threaten humanity's special relationship with God, and open the door to supporters of evolution.The publication of Plurality in 1853 ignited a bitter Victorian debate on science and religion. This book reprints the first edition in facsimile, together with a vigorous response to his critics that Whewell added later and new introductory and bibliographic material by noted Darwin scholar Michael Ruse. This edition also includes 84 typeset pages—never before published—that Whewell cut from the original book at the last moment. Showing clearly the theological underpinnings of Whewell's thinking, these chapters also reveal the difficulties facing any Victorian who tried to reconcile traditional Christian thought with the findings of modern science.

Theory of Scientific Method

AvWilliam Whewell,Robert E. Butts

Häftad, Engelska, 1989

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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.

Theory of Scientific Method

AvWilliam Whewell,Robert E. Butts

Inbunden, Engelska, 1989

933 kr

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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.

William Whewell – författare

Of the Plurality of Worlds

Theory of Scientific Method

Theory of Scientific Method

On the Diurnal Inequality of the Height of Tide, Especially at Plymouth and at Singapore; and on the Mean Level of the Sea

History of the Inductive Sciences, From the Earliest to the Present Times; 1

History of the Inductive Sciences From the Earliest to the Present Time; Volume I

History of the Inductive Sciences From the Earliest to the Present Time; Volume I

History of Scientific Ideas, The Third Edition; Volume II

History of Scientific Ideas, The Third Edition; Volume II

Plurality Of Worlds

Plurality Of Worlds

Introduction To Dynamics

Introduction To Dynamics

Astronomy and General Physics

Knight of Toggenburg

Butler's Three Sermons on Human Nature and Dissertation on Virtue

History Of The Inductive Sciences

Of The Plurality Of Worlds

History Of The Inductive Sciences

History Of The Inductive Sciences

Influence Of The History Of Science Upon Intellectual Education

Theological Works Of Isaac Barrow

Lectures on Systematic Morality Delivered in Lent Term, 1846

Elements of Morality

On The Free Motion Of Points, And On Universal Gravitation

English Hexameter Translations From Schiller, Göthe, Homer, Callinus, And Meleager

I. The Greek School Philosophy, With Reference To Physical Science. Ii. The Physical Sciences In Ancient Greece. Iii. Greek Astronomy. Iv. Physical Science In The Middle Ages. V. Formal Astronomy After The Stationary Period. Vi. Mechanics, Including

Butler's Three Sermons on Human Nature and Dissertation on Virtue

History Of The Inductive Sciences

Of The Plurality Of Worlds