William Whewell: 2 books
by William Whewell
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The two works which I entitled The History of the Inductive Sciences, and The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, were intended to present to the reader a view of the steps by which those portions of human knowledge which are held to be most certain and stable have been acquired, and of the philosophical...
by William Whewell
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Although the opinions presented in the following Essay are put forwards without claiming for them any value beyond what they may derive from the arguments there offered, they are not published without some fear of giving offence. It will be a curious, but not a very wonderful event, if it should now...