Project Gutenberg 2022-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 177 Whewell, William 1794 1866 Whewell, W. (William) 05017762 History of scientific ideas $aUnited Kingdom :$bJOHN W. PARKER AND SON,$c1858. Ed Brandon from materials generously provided by the Internet Archive "History of Scientific Ideas" by William Whewell is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work serves as the first part of Whewell's broader examination titled "Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences." The book explores the evolution of scientific thought and the crucial ideas that have shaped the development of various scientific disciplines over time. At the start of the text, Whewell introduces the scope of his work, emphasizing the importance of understanding scientific knowledge through the lens of ideas. He delineates key themes such as the interplay between thoughts and things, necessary and experiential truths, and the contrast between deduction and induction. He also highlights the need to balance objective observations with subjective interpretations to form a cohesive understanding of scientific principles. This initial exposition establishes a foundation for the historical and philosophical inquiry into the underlying ideas that have influenced the inductive sciences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/historyofscienti01whewrich/page/n7/mode/2up Vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/historyscientif03whewgoog/page/n8/mode/2up 20220808181959whewell 1858 GB Reading ease score: 51.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Science -- Philosophy Q Text Category: History - Other Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1688499 2025-07-27T10:16:10.808791 text/html 1665264 2022-10-05T12:54:36 text/html 869687 2025-07-27T10:16:32.598620 application/epub+zip 879440 2025-07-27T10:16:13.486751 application/epub+zip 718382 2025-07-27T10:16:12.130737 application/epub+zip 1304188 2025-07-27T10:16:45.715580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1227914 2025-07-27T10:16:31.228665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1446694 2025-07-27T10:16:07.717790 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1446423 2022-10-04T13:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17695 2025-07-27T10:16:45.909582 application/rdf+xml 7370 2025-07-27T10:16:12.364751 image/jpeg 1791 2025-07-27T10:16:12.249750 image/jpeg 497423 2022-10-05T12:55:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 735399 2022-10-05T12:55:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 771347 2025-07-27T10:16:10.928780 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