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'Whewell was one of the last great polymaths, whose insights in the philosophy of science are still being appreciated. From mineralogy to morality, from mathematics to natural theology his intellectual trajectory is full of interest. A most absorbing and welcome collection.' Professor John Brooke This sixteen-volume Collected Works brings together for the first time the best editions of William Whewell's principal writings. Whewell (17941886) was largely responsible for inventing the modern disciplines of the history and philosophy of science. He coined scientific terminology such as 'anode' and 'cathode', introduced the term 'physicist', and gave a name to those who study the natural 'scientist'. He was one of the last great Victorian polymaths, and this, the only modern edition of his major works, illustrates the diversity of his writing. This important collection contains two of Whewell's greatest and most well-known History of the Inductive Sciences and its sequel The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences , which established Whewell as one of the leading philosophers of science. The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences ranks alongside John Stuart Mill's System of Logic (1843) an
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- Author
- Whewell, William, 1794-1866.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes, 2001.
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781855068735
- Category
- nonfiction
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