William Whewell: 2 books

Book cover of On the Philosophy of Discovery: Chapters Historical and Critical
by William Whewell
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...
Book cover of The Plurality of Worlds
by William Whewell
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...
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