This volume includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill s theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. The book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science whose influence has never been greater: every one of Whewell's fundamental ideas about the philosophy of science is presented here."
This volume includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill s theory), arguments for his realist view that ...