The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences

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The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s major 19th-century work in the philosophy of science, elaborating a systematic account of scientific method and the role of induction in the development of scientific knowledge.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophy of science work ⓘ
aimsTo provide a systematic philosophy of the inductive sciences ⓘ
author William Whewell ⓘ
cites History of the Inductive Sciences ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describes Whewell’s theory of induction ⓘ
colligation of facts ⓘ
fundamental ideas in science ⓘ
scientific discovery ⓘ
discusses axioms and laws of nature ⓘ
causation in science ⓘ
classification of sciences ⓘ
confirmation of scientific theories ⓘ
ideas of space and time ⓘ
expandedIn Novum Organon Renovatum ⓘ
linked to: Novum Organum
firstPublished 1840 ⓘ
focusesOn role of induction in scientific knowledge ⓘ
systematic account of scientific method ⓘ
follows History of the Inductive Sciences ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
hasEdition 1847 second edition ⓘ
1858 third edition ⓘ
hasPart The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume I ⓘ
The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume II ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalPerspective anti-empiricist view of induction ⓘ
realism about scientific theories ⓘ
historicalContext 19th-century philosophy of science ⓘ
influenced John Stuart Mill ⓘ
later philosophy of science ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Bacon ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
isSequelTo History of the Inductive Sciences ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification Q175 ⓘ
mainSubject history of science ⓘ
induction ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
notableConcept colligation of facts ⓘ
fundamental ideas of the mind in science ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
publicationYear 1840 ⓘ
publisher John W. Parker ⓘ
relatedWork Novum Organon Renovatum ⓘ
linked to: Novum Organum
setInContextOf rise of modern science ⓘ

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History of the Inductive Sciences → influenced → The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences ⓘ
The Elements of Morality → relatedWork → The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences ⓘ
The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences → hasPart → The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume I ⓘ
linked to: The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences
The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences → hasPart → The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume II ⓘ
linked to: The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences