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 Organum
surface form: Novum Organon Renovatum
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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume I

The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Organum
surface form: Novum Organon Renovatum
setInContextOf rise of modern science

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this entity surface form: The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume I
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this entity surface form: The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Volume II