Project Gutenberg 2016-03-25 Public domain in the USA. 304 Whewell, William 1794 1866 Whewell, W. (William) 10021244 On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical Produced by Sonya Schermann, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical" by William Whewell is a philosophical text written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the development of knowledge and the principles governing scientific discovery, providing an analysis of historical perspectives on how humanity has achieved its most reliable forms of knowledge. The author aims to outline both the historical journey of scientific thought and offer critical reflections on the nature of discovery itself. The beginning of the text introduces Whewell’s exploration of the foundations of scientific knowledge, discussing previous works on the inductive sciences and laying out his objective to elucidate the philosophy of discovery rather than merely focusing on traditional inductive reasoning. He emphasizes the significance of historical opinions and ideas from philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, detailing their contributions and shortcomings regarding the methods of acquiring knowledge. Whewell sets the stage for a critical examination by asserting that understanding the historical progression of scientific thought is crucial for grasping contemporary philosophy and the practice of science itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 52.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Science -- History Science -- Philosophy Philosophy -- History B Q Text Category: History - Other Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1359163 2025-07-20T14:19:49.441353 text/html 1336176 2024-10-23T00:14:04 text/html 654350 2025-07-20T14:20:05.723311 application/epub+zip 658188 2025-07-20T14:19:51.935366 application/epub+zip 586318 2025-07-20T14:19:50.680335 application/epub+zip 996829 2025-07-20T14:20:15.317214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909374 2025-07-20T14:20:04.032277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 838075 2022-09-23T13:18:00.400990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1187104 2025-07-20T14:19:47.619348 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1167248 2024-10-23T00:14:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17886 2025-07-20T14:20:15.467230 application/rdf+xml 22740 2025-07-20T14:19:50.846353 image/jpeg 2832 2025-07-20T14:19:50.766330 image/jpeg 576274 2025-07-20T14:19:49.536357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia