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English philosopher and historian of science (1794–1866)
Also known as: Reverend William Whewell, Whewell, Уильям Уэвелл, وليام ويلي, 윌리엄 휴얼, ウィリアム・ヒューウェル
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John Frederick William Herschel1792–1871ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetPreliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy treats scientific method and induction in a similar Victorian philosophical register. (AI reason)
John Stuart Mill1806–1873ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetA System of Logic engages directly with inductive reasoning and the philosophy of science debated in Whewell's work. (AI reason)
William Paley1743–1805ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetNatural Theology argues from design in nature, the same tradition as the Bridgewater Treatises. (AI reason)
Charles Babbage1791–1871ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetThe Ninth Bridgewater Treatise and his writings on science in England address natural theology and scientific practice. (AI reason)
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Thomas Chalmers1780–1847ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHis Bridgewater Treatise and astronomical discourses join science with natural theology. (AI reason)
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A Discourse on the Studies of the University blends natural science, morality and theology in a Cambridge context. (AI reason)
Francis Bacon1561–1626ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetNovum Organum lays out the inductive method that Whewell's histories and philosophy of science build upon. (AI reason)
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His writings on logic, mathematics and its history share the period's concern with reasoning and scientific knowledge. (AI reason)
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His Bridgewater Treatise on geology and mineralogy reads nature as evidence of divine design. (AI reason)
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- History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times (1837)
- The Elements of morality, including polity. v. 1 (1861)
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- Astronomy and general physics
- On the foundations of morals