The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences:

Founded Upon Their History, Volume 1 (Google eBook)

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Table of Contents

Preface	ix

Aphorisms respecting Ideas	xvii

Aphorisms respecting Knowledge	xxxvii

Aphorisms respecting the Language of Science	xlviii

Of the Idea of Likeness as governing the use of Com	lviii

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES PART I OF IDEAS	1

Of the Methods of Natural History as regulated by	2

Of Ideas in General Chap 1 Introduction	3

Of the Perception of Space	108

6 Of the Idea of Time	121

Of some Peculiarities of the Idea of Time	124

Of the Axioms which relate to Number	128

Of the Perception of Time and Number	131

Of Mathematical Reasoning	135

Of the Foundations of the Higher Mathematics	139

Of the Doctrine of Motion	144

Of Facts and Theories	18

Of Sensations and Ideas	25

Of the Difference and Opposition of Sensation and Ideas	28

Of Ideal Conceptions	36

Of Induction	41

Of Successive Generalizations	45

Of Technical Terms	50

Of Necessary and Contingent Truths	53

Of Experience	59

Of the Grounds of Necessary Truths	63

The Fundamental Ideas are not derived from Experience	71

Of the Philosophy of the Sciences	75

Of the Pure Sciences	79

Of the Idea of Space	81

Of some Peculiarities of the Idea of Space	85

Of the Definitions and Axioms which relate to Space	88

Of some Objections to the Previous Doctrines	98

Of the Application of Mathematics to the Inductive Sciences	147

The Philosophy of the Mechanical Sciences Chap 1 Of the Mechanical Sciences	157

Of the Idea of Cause	159

Modern Opinions respecting the Idea of Cause	163

by Experience	237

Of the Establishment of the Law of Universal Gravi	246

O Of the General Diffusion of Clear Mechanical Ideas	253

The Philosophy of the Secondary Mechanical	266

k or Peculiarities in the Perceptions of the Different	275

Successive Attempts at the Application of the Idea	295

Of the Measure of Secondary Qualities	306

The Philosophy of the MechanicoChemical Sciences	331

The Philosophy of Chemistry	377

The Philosophy of Morphology including	423

Application of the Natural History Method to Mine	494

Of the Idea of Natural Affinity	516

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Title	The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History, Volume 1 The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History, William Whewell
Author	William Whewell
Published	1840
Original from	University of Lausanne
Digitized	Jun 3, 2008

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